The long-term decline in the number of individuals in state prisons has led to a demographic shift toward an older incarcerated population and necessitates increased attention to policies and costs ...

The state Senate passed legislation sponsored by Sen. Matt Deneen to clarify court authority in cases involving probation and supervision violations.

The man accused of making threats against President Donald Trump through social media was charged in U.S. District Court on ...

Savannah Davenport claims she was told to give inmates 'whatever medication they wanted' and was terminated after reporting the violations.

Anthony Koehlhoeffer, 35, has been found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, a class C felony. The Lee County Attorney's Office sent the following press release on Thursday: ...

A man who inappropriately touched a toddler in his care inside a Cecil County residence received a five-year prison term after accepting a plea deal, according to Cecil County Circuit Court records.

A Raleigh County man was sentenced Thursday to 18 months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine and fentanyl, ...

A Countryside man expressed regret for uploading 243 child sexual abuse images or videos and a Loudoun Circuit Court judge ...

The Iowa House approved several bills Wednesday that are part of House GOP’s “tough on crime” package introduced earlier in the session, including a measure requiring a 20-year minimum prison ...

Political speech that incites violence should be recognized as such and the architects of such violence held accountable, as the words are the first step in a chain of events that ends in harm.

Dunnings Creek Friends Meeting (Quakers) will present guest speaker D. Craig Miller on Sunday, March 22 at 2 p.m. Mr. Miller is a retired corporate officer and director of Cumberland ...

The District 20 District Attorney's Office, which serves: Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall and Murray counties has found a way to make mandatory drug testing after committing ...