Reports into Georgia's hellhole jails make for terrifying reading for the British 18-year-old, who has been told she can ...

He then drove hundreds of miles to his home in Klamath Falls, Oregon, and locked the woman in a cinder block cell in his garage, according to the FBI. After the woman escaped after repeatedly ...

The Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences which have seen thousands of prisoners locked up indefinitely with uncertain prospects for release were made unlawful in 2012 ...

Sickle cell is not the same as HIV/AIDS. Even those people with HIV no longer have a death sentence hanging over them. So, why are people in the 21st century discriminating against a sickle cell ...

So is it possible to make a cell suicide-proof? A sentence of life in prison plus 1,000 years lasted only a few weeks. The man who kidnapped, raped and beat three women he held captive for a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon man has been sentenced to life in federal prison after being convicted of kidnapping and sexually assaulting two women in separate instances, including locking ...

"Sickle cell is not a death sentence, you just need to manage it well and you can live to see your grandchildren," Selina says. Selina’s son, Aggrey, became ill at six months. Three months later ...

Two married prison officers who admitted misconduct in a public office after the death of a 36-year-old inmate have been given suspended sentences. Christopher Oldham was found hanged in his cell ...

Last August, in a milestone decades in the making, Kymriah became the first cell therapy to be approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. Marketed by the Swiss giant Novartis, Kymriah is ...

The court said the death sentence is only considered final if it is upheld by the Appellate Division on review and the president declines to pardon the convict. Those who have been kept in condemned ...