On Feb. 11, 1990, South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was freed after 27 years in prison. (Mandela would be ...

In 1965, U.S. and South Vietnamese planes made their first bombing raids on North Vietnam. In 1970, Japan put a satellite, ...

Nelson Mandela walked out of prison as a free man after 27 years, marking a golden moment in history. On this day in 1979, ...

Texas man Steven Nelson, convicted in 2012 of murdering a pastor the year before, was put to death by lethal injection Wednesday evening.

Inside North Carolina prisons, 13 inmates killed themselves last year. Three more died in January. State officials say they ...

The insurance magnate was a close friend of Nelson Mandela, who he housed after the statesman's divorce in 1992.

The Nelson Mandela Foundation has expressed profound sorrow at the news of the passing of South African billionaire Douw ...

The cell where Harold Shipman was held in a top security prison was said to be 'haunted ... Shipman had forged medical records to support the causes of death he recorded on death certificates.

Her mother and sister emailed prison officials ... This could mean life or death and she has not received a death penalty as her sentence.” In response, BOP officials said they could not ...

HANCOCK COUNTY, Ga. — Two Hancock State Prison inmates are dead after two different fights, according to Hancock County Coroner Dontrelle Andrews. Andrews said that William Holeman, 34 ...

A thug jailed for robbing a Good Samaritan who had given him a lift has been found dead in prison just two months into his six-year stint behind bars. Simon Kubalik had asked his victim ...