Most of us only know what prison life looks like thanks to movies and TV shows — and those tend to exaggerate almost everything. In reality, a lot of what people believe about prison is a mix of myths ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dec. 18—A federal prison inmate at the U.S. penitentiary in Thomson has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2020 murder of ...

A former Oregon State Penitentiary corrections officer was sentenced to life in prison for the 2024 murder of his brother on July 24. A jury found Alonzo Rowell, 52, guilty of murder in the second ...

As families prepare to celebrate Father’s Day with gifts, cookouts and quality time together, many fathers in prison are trying to figure out how to show up for their children from the inside. Visits ...

James Comer’s case helped end de facto life sentences for young offenders in New Jersey. He had been convicted of felony murder as a teenager, after his companion in a robbery shot a victim. By Maia ...

We were standing by a large white board in one of the prison’s educational areas, debriefing how our study on hope had gone when the man slipped into the room without a sound. Like the other ...