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Within days after the storm hit, the state reported the deaths of seven of the evacuees, five of them classified as storm-related

Florida man sentenced to over 4 years for wire fraud and defrauding landlords and pandemic-relief program in Manhattan federal court.

Serving a life sentence, an incarcerated journalist has launched two prison newspapers and helped fellow inmates find self-worth and purpose.

A Russian court says it has convicted Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, of spreading false information about the Russian military and sentenced her to 6½ years in prison following a secret trial

From Judge James Donato's opinion Wednesday in In the Matter of the Request Extradition of Artt (N.D. Cal.): In 1992, the United States, at the request of the United Kingdom, initiated extradition proceedings in this District against Kevin John Barry Artt and other individuals who had escaped from a prison…

Inspector says monitoring after short sentences could be stopped and youth services could take on some cases

Kyiv has freed 3,800 prisoners early to plug gaps in its army as military outfits compete to attract suitable convicts

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A lawyer will admit to bringing tobacco and painkillers into a Sydney prison but has not responded to accusations she was also caught smuggling cocaine and ice.