The 42-year-old threw the victim down a set of stairs before slamming her head against the ground. He then returned and attacked the victim more.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News StaffA yurt made of wood and concrete on nearly 40 acres is for sale in rural Maine.

We keep building prisons as acts of faith, based on the dubious notion that if we confine enough people for long enough, ...

A man convicted of fatally shooting a man and woman during home invasion robbery and later confessing to three other killings ...

Looming against the Ohio skyline like a stone sentinel from another era, the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield dares you to step inside its imposing walls – though preferably while the sun still ...

We keep building prisons as acts of faith, based on the dubious notion that if we confine enough people for long enough, ...

The Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield isn’t just another historic building – it’s a towering limestone and brick testament to both architectural grandeur and human suffering that somehow manages to ...

More than five years later, a long-promised D.C. halfway house remains a construction site, little more than a concrete foundation.

SOLEDAD — Three California prisoners with alleged ties to organized crime are suspected of murdering an Aryan Brotherhood member at Salinas Valley State Prison, authorities announced Thursday. Todd ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A new HBO documentary is bringing national attention to the problems behind Alabama’s prison walls, and it was topic of discussion in the state legislature’s joint prison ...

A collective effort has to be made for football to become "as safe as possible," a club chairman has said. Neil Blackmore of Chippenham Town Football in Wiltshire said guidance is needed following the ...