The nation’s highest court disagreed. Writing for the six-Justice majority, Justice Byron White granted inmates a few ...

Parole is also referred to as a provisional release from prison. If a prisoner is granted parole, they are released early on the condition that the inmate agrees to abide by certain rules. For example ...

A lawsuit filed on behalf of nearly 5,000 inmates -- the killers, robbers and rapists of long ago who today are the veterans of Virginia's prison population -- claims they have been unfairly and ...

Inmate appealed the Parole Board's decision denying parole and imposing a 72-month future eligibility term. Inmate was serving a life sentence for murder of a police officer. Inmate became eligible ...

What it’s intended to do is to lock up the most dangerous sexual offenders until they are safe to rejoin society,” a state ...

Prisons across the country are struggling to find nursing home placements for sick prisoners after granting them parole. In New York, some inmates are suing for release. By Sarah Kliff When the letter ...

Lyle and Erik’s life sentences were reevaluated. A judge resentenced them to 50 years to life, so what does this mean for them? The Menendez brothers were convicted in 1996 for the murders of their ...

Maryland lawmakers are divided on whether to clear the path for elderly and seriously ill inmates to more easily seek early ...

The woman serving a life sentence for the 1995 murder of Tejano icon Selena has filed paperwork to try to get released next year, as inmates tell The Post there’s “a bounty on her head” behind bars. A ...

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland lawmakers are divided on whether to clear the path for elderly and seriously ill inmates to more easily seek early release from prison. Those backing a set of proposed reforms ...

RAPID CITY - A South Dakota Women's Prison inmate who tried to hire an assassin to kill her boyfriend's ex-wife is leaving prison today, and Theresa Landis-Jacob believes that she and her children ...

After a career as a probation and parole officer, member and then chairman of the Board of Parole, Robert Dennison now advocates for inmates who meet his criteria for reentry into a society they left ...