Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has cited RFK as his "political hero" and embraced the historical significance of his decision, rejected a recommendation from a two-person panel of parole commissioners.
Recent raises demonstrate the problem, Sen. Steve Lathrop of Omaha said. “These people deserve to be well paid for what they do. $56 an hour to work overtime? That’s not sustainable if that’s your business model and you don’t get to fully staffed."
The man who bought an AR-15-style rifle for Kyle Rittenhouse pleaded no contest Monday to a reduced charge of contributing to the delinquency …
A look at how past actions by lawmakers have played a role in Nebraska's nation-leading incarceration spike.
The new 1,512-bed prison would replace the aging Nebraska State Penitentiary in Lincoln.
Sen. Suzanne Geist voiced her frustration Thursday, saying she felt that she hadn't been heard. "I think that there's just not agreement among the group," she told senators.
A judge is considering a request from prosecutors to reduce the 110-year prison sentence of a truck driver for an explosive crash that killed …
Jurors have convicted a suburban Minneapolis police officer of first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Black moto…
The family of a trucker sentenced to 110 years in prison after an explosive brake-failure accident that left four people dead held a rally ral…
American journalist Danny Fenster said he was healthy and happy to be heading home after being freed from prison in Myanmar and flying to Qata…
Assuming the union approves the agreement, starting wages for corrections corporals and prison caseworkers will rise from $20 an hour to $28 an hour. Sergeants will get a bump from $24 an hour to $32 an hour.
Joe Exotic reveals "aggressive" cancer diagnosis, wants release from prison.
"I'm not looking to build a new prison to add more prison beds, to put more people in prison," Scott Frakes, director of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, told a crowded town hall in north Omaha.
The Department of Correctional Services summoned a plumbing service to the 152-year-old penitentiary to fix leaky pipes. In the meantime, inmates and staff are using bottled water and portable toilets.
Crowds gathered Tuesday outside prisons around Myanmar, waiting for at least a glimpse of friends and relatives who were being freed under an …
Based on the average daily population in fiscal year 2021, according to the Nebraska Department of Corrections.
Danny Trejo tells his remarkable story of growing up in an abusive and drug-addicted home, then landing in some of the country’s notorious prisons before becoming a recognizable face in some of Hollywood’s biggest shows and movies.
Cancer-stricken Joe Exotic fears he will die after an outbreak of coronavirus at his prison in Texas.
A Chinese court sentenced Canadian entrepreneur Michael Spavor to 11 years in prison on Wednesday. Spavor and another Canadian - former Canadi…
Prisoners climbed onto a prison roof in Sydney as smoke billowed from a burning section of the building on Monday.
Actress Phylicia Rashad is one of few celebrities who was happy about Bill Cosby’s sentence being overturned.
Jennifer Bonjean, a lawyer for Bill Cosby, says she is thrilled that Pennsylvania's highest court has overturned the comedian's sex assault co…
John McAfee, the outlandish security software pioneer who tried to live life as a hedonistic outsider while running from a host of legal troub…
The White House issued a warning to Russia regarding the health of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in the third week of a hunger stri…
Amir Hekmati's release from Iranian custody was trumpeted as a diplomatic breakthrough, his homecoming to the U.S. embraced by officials who j…
