The mother accused of killing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard pleaded not guilty Friday during her arraignment in Santa Barbara County Superior Court, prosecutors announced. Ashlee Buzzard, 40, of Lompoc, ...

The missing person case of 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard left law enforcement stunned when the body of the young girl from Santa Barbara County was found in a remote area in Utah about two months after ...

The body of a 9-year-old Lompoc girl who has been missing since October was found earlier this month in a remote part of Utah with gunshot wounds to the head, authorities said while naming her mother ...

Former "Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" star Jen Shah was released from federal prison Wednesday, more than four years early from her 6½-year sentence, a Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesperson ...

Thirteen inmates died over the weekend in a prison in Ecuador that has seen 44 killed in violence in the past month, authorities said Monday. The deaths occurred Sunday at a prison in the coastal city ...

Lompoc city councilman Stephen “Steve” Bridge pleaded not guilty Tuesday morning to eight felony counts alleging fraud, forgery, identity theft and theft of public funds during a brief arraignment ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a consultant on white-collar crime and former convicted felon. The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has had a year of ...

Two French prisoners escaped from jail after sawing through the bars of their cells and using bedsheets to get out of the facility, a prosecutor said Thursday. Guards noticed the break-out shortly ...

Sean "Diddy" Combs' life behind bars is coming to light. In a photo taken from inside New Jersey's Fort Dix Federal Correctional Institution on Nov. 23, the rapper wore a gray pullover and sweatpants ...

A video of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ life in prison at the Federal Correctional Institution, Fort Dix, in New Jersey has been released. In the clip obtained by TMZ, the disgraced rapper could be seen taking ...

State prison guards say they are doing so because their jobs have become more dangerous. A New York Times analysis points to a different reality. By Bianca Pallaro and Jan Ransom New York State prison ...