U.S. Teacher Seized by Russia Is Located in Prison For months, the family of Stephen James Hubbard could not find him in the Russian prison system. New text messages cast doubt on his conviction.

CoreCivic, the sole private prison operator in the state, currently meets the threshold for reduction, according to state Sen. Mark Pody, who introduced the bill during legislative debate.

R. Kelly's lawyers are requesting his release after an alleged murder-for-hire plot in his North Carolina prison. Born Robert Kelly, the 58-year-old singer has been serving a 30-year sentence for ...

Unrest in a prison northeast of Nashville has been contained, the sheriff says, and all prisoners returned to their cells after officers sprayed chemical agents into the prison yard.

The Texas House passed Friday a bill requiring prisons to have air conditioning by the end of 2032. Lawmakers passed 79-39 House Bill 3006 by Terry Canales, D-Edinburg. If the Legislature or the ...

CONCORD, N.H. — A Concord man will spend at least 53 years in prison for shooting and killing his teenage half-brother in 2024. Jesse Sullivan pleaded guilty last month to a charge of second ...

R. Kelly Seeks Release From Prison, Claiming Officers Tried to Have Him Killed by Fellow Inmate The disgraced R&B star is serving a 30-year prison sentence for multiple sex crimes.

R. Kelly's attorneys file an emergency motion seeking home detention, alleging that prison officials are scheming with racist inmates to have the singer killed.

He pleaded guilty last June and was sentenced in January to 35 years in prison. Dutton, now 19, was charged as an adult with two counts of first-degree-murder, conspiracy, and two counts of ...

Explore hazardous drinking water at Mule Creek State Prison, environmental injustice and reporting by an incarcerated journalist in California.

What Happened: On Oct. 18, 2022, rapper-actor Kaalan "KR" Walker was sentenced 50 years to life in prison after being convicted of raping four women and three teenage girls he met on social media.

All state prisons in North Carolina are expected to be fully retrofitted with air conditioning systems by 2026. This story was originally published June 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM.