The prisons minister said all assaults on prison officers are "unacceptable" after a report revealed that action is not ...

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A Butte man who had pleaded guilty Oct. 8 to two counts of assaulting a minor and “no contest” to another charge of criminal ...

Roger Neil Schmidt pleaded guilty to a murder he committed 41 years ago, bringing an end to a decades-long case. He was ...

A San Francisco man was sentenced to more than 25 years in state prison after a jury convicted him of multiple sexual assault crimes involving two relatives, prosecutors said.

A Southern California pastor was sentenced to 45 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting three young girls he met at church. Carlos Ramirez Valdez, 61, of Riverside, was arrested in 2021 and ...

A recently shuttered federal women's prison could reopen as an ICE detention center as part of President Donald Trump’s mass ...