President Joe Biden announced 37 of the 40 inmates on federal death row will now face life in prison without the possibility of parole, instead of the death penalty.

Beirut (Lebanon) (AFP) – Armed men broke the bolts on the cell and the prisoners crept out: haggard, bewildered and scarcely believing that their years of torment in Syria's most brutal jail ...

A video verified by Reuters showed newly freed prisoners ran through the Damascus streets, holding up the fingers of both hands to show how many years they had been in prison, asking passers-by ...

He escaped around 10:45 a.m. At the time, he was wearing an orange prison jumpsuit and white thermals, Delano police said. He is 5 feet, 5 inches tall and weighs approximately 161 pounds.

He faced up to 17 years in federal prison during a scheduled sentencing hearing in Los Angeles on Dec. 16, but would most likely have served no more than 36 months behind bars, according to ...

An Orkney charity is supporting 40 female prisoners in Zimbabwe by giving them work knitting toy animals. GoGo Olive teaches inmates at Mutare Remand Prison how to knit and offers them the ...

Unfortunately, it has become our prison. Nepal's low-growth, high-migration trap isn't just an economic phenomenon—it's a political protection mechanism that preserves an unsustainable kleptocracy and ...

BEIJING—A rare prisoner swap between China and the U.S. this week that secured the release of three Americans points to Beijing’s willingness to negotiate with Washington on high-profile cases ...

This week’s rare prisoner swap between the United States and China saw each side claim victory and accuse the other of wrongfully detaining its citizens, while Beijing has kept quiet about the ...

It was the 238th touchdown pass for Mahomes, who moved past Hall of Famer Len Dawson for the franchise record. The touchdown pass, which gave the Chiefs a 10-3 lead, came after an audacious third-down ...

Three American citizens who had been detained for years in China were released, a State Department spokesperson said Wednesday. They are Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung. The three Americans ...

Why? Well, for starters it's seasonally set. Prisoners is a Thanksgiving movie from the start. Prisoners begins on a Thanksgiving that no one in this quiet Pennsylvanian town will soon forget.