They captured the city in 1864 after months of fighting and quickly went to work torching many of its buildings. After the war, Atlanta rebuilt rapidly and reclaimed its status as the pivotal city of ...

He was the only Confederate officer executed for war crimes. His name was Henry Wirz — and the horrors he presided over at ...

A total of five officers were injured in the attack. Three corrections officers at Wallens Ridge State Prison were stabbed by inmates in a "premeditated" attack Friday, according to the Virginia ...

Prosecutors said Saturday that 21 suspects in a series of coordinated attacks on French prisons had been charged, including two teenagers. French anti-terror ...

FBI A Fort Lauderdale federal judge sentenced a MS-13 gang member to 17 years in prison for running a fentanyl drug-trafficking operation while locked up in a Florida prison. The U.S. Attorney’s ...

Former President Joe Biden's transgender policies increased "prison rape" and "child abuse," according to White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller. President Donald Trump has signed a ...

Paul E. Whitt, 58, of Massillon has been sentenced to four years in prison for his 13th OVI. Judge Michael J. Ernest imposed a lifetime license suspension and a $1,350 fine. NEW PHILADELPHIA ‒ A ...

That was the assessment of an inspection of the state prison by New Jersey’s Office of the Corrections Ombudsperson. The office made four visits to the prison in northern Burlington County last ...

By Pete Quandt Supported by By Pete Quandt Mr. Quandt is a documentary filmmaker. Prison waiting rooms are not warm places. For young children especially, visiting an incarcerated parent is often ...

The United States had just deported more than 200 migrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador, and President Nayib Bukele said his country was eager to take more. He scoffed at a question ...