A woman who raped, tortured and murdered a 12-year-old girl in Paris three years ago was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Friday, according to CNN affiliate BFMTV.

Three convicted killers who are serving sentences at Salinas Valley State Prison in Central California are suspected of killing a fellow inmate during an attack Thursday morning.

Scotland's prison population has reached a record high. The number of people in custody has been rising for many months and on Tuesday hit 8,430. That number surpasses the previous record of 8,420 set in 2012. The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) said it had reached a level that raises "very serious concerns" about keeping inmates safe.

A Florida family is urging U.S. leaders to help free a 16-year-old Palestinian-American held in an Israeli prison for eight months.

UTICA, N.Y. — A former New York state prison guard was found guilty of murder in the death of an inmate beaten while handcuffed, while two other guards were acquitted for their roles in the beating that was caught on body camera footage.

Ethiopian asylum seeker who sexually assaulted 14-year-old girl accidentally released from UK prison instead of being deported, sparking urgent manhunt.

A woman has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple charges in a crash off of Interstate 91 in Wallingford last year where she struck and killed a Connecticut Department of Transportation worker.

Magnum forged paperwork to transfer ownership of a 56-foot catamaran into his own name after convincing its owner he would wire payment from a family trust in Curaçao.

Dangelo Nowlin, 33, had just been assigned his cell after being arrested for defiant trespassing when he attacked the victim, police say.

William Eberly, 44, of Martinez, faces eight counts alleging forcible lewd acts with a child and three additional charges.

Community outrage grows after a Payne County teen facing 11 felony charges for sexual assaults is spared prison under Oklahoma’s youthful offender statute.