Prisons & Policing

Numerous groups have campaigned for years calling for his release, saying he never received a fair trial and was convicted largely on the basis of testimony from a jailhouse …

On Friday, Feb 14, 92 prisoners escaped from their prison in the Libyan town of Zliten.

Attorney General Eric Holder called for a ban on laws prohibiting more than 6 million felons from voting.

Lewis James Little was finally released after a month of incarceration for a murder he did not commit.

Oakland's Domain Awareness Center could be in violation of the California city's Nuclear Free Zone ordinance.

"While support for major reform is growing in both political parties, many prosecutors are still living in the dark ages."

Vermont and West Virginia recently introduced transparency and accountability legislation aimed at protecting taxpayersand putting them back in charge of their public services.

Emerging details in the "NATO 3" trial point to overblown charges.

West Virginia legislators are currently faced with deciding if the state should ship prisoners across state lines to for-profit private prisons.

Slovakia has made a "profound humanitarian gesture."