Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TOLEDO — Former Allen County Sheriff Sam Crish, more than halfway through an 11-year federal prison sentence on charges of ...

A measure with bipartisan support would overhaul the process, expanding eligibility and saving the state millions of dollars.

A man with a violent past is set for release from prison and the Yolo County District Attorney's Office is fighting back against the law that has opened the door to his freedom. Howard Wilbanks, 70, ...

Allowing prisoners to raise innocence claims as grounds for compassionate release would "supercharge" that kind of litigation, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said. The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ...

The Offie of Inspector General released a report on the treatment of an inmate in Federal Prison who had cancer. The damning report showed a disregard for human life and the inmate ultimately died ...

House Bill 150 would expand eligibility for medical release to include elderly and seriously ill incarcerated people who suffer from debilitating medical conditions, cognitive decline, or severe ...

Increased use of compassionate release could help ease costs and crowding with minimal risks to public safety, prisoner advocates and legal experts say, but it remains off limits to a significant ...

An aerial photograph of New York City's Chinatown neighborhood in Lower Manhattan. (Josh Russell/Courthouse News) MANHATTAN (CN) — David Thai, the convicted leader of a notorious Vietnamese street ...