CBS News investigation found dozens of misconduct allegations, including eight deaths, against the Sangamon County Sheriff's ...

A few days after the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad fled into exile, in December, an elderly woman sat on the sidewalk ...

The discovery of Ronald Ojeda’s body encased in concrete in Chile has raised new fears over how far President Nicolás Maduro will go to keep his stranglehold on Venezuela.

Conservative leader says he would change Canada Revenue Agency rules designating which media outlets are eligible for ...

Meanwhile, Cypriot authorities have actively encouraged Syrian refugees to voluntarily return to Syria, offering €1,500 and a one-way ticket to anyone who does so.

In a day of rapid-fire developments governing the now four-day-long series of pickets being conducted statewide by ...

Two inmates at the Broome County Jail have been charged with felony assault after allegedly attacking correction officers in separate incidents, the ...

Provisions of HALT Act allow for temporary suspension when “circumstances create a significant and unreasonable risk to the safety and security” of inmates and staff.

At least some of the correction officers involved in the deadly beating of an inmate at the Marcy Correctional Facility are ...

A boat carrying people fleeing the ongoing rebel advance in eastern Congo has capsized, killing 22 people, authorities said Thursday. The boat was carrying people from ...

A former Hamilton County corrections officer has been sentenced after being found guilty of having sex with an inmate.Prosecutors said Quincy Scott, 26, had sex with an inmate while he was working ...