Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain took control of New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex on Tuesday and appointed an official who reports to the court to run it.

CBS News gets a tour of a controversial ICE facility in Newark, New Jersey, just days after the city's mayor was arrested ...

The Milwaukee Common Council approved a $7 million settlement for Danny Wilber, who spent nearly 18 years in prison following a 2004 homicide conviction.Alderwoman Marina Dimitrij ...

On his arrest, the private prison company GEO, and why he believes we’re heading into authoritarianism—but democracy will ...

A onetime county teacher of the year at a Southern California elementary school has been sentenced to 30 years to life in ...

Danny Wilber's 2005 homicide conviction was overturned after a federal appeals court found his trial was unfair.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka briefly returned to the gates of the federal immigration detention center where he was arrested last ...

Ras Baraka, mayor of Newark, New Jersey, faces up to 30 days in jail and a $500 fine if convicted following his arrest at an ...