November is woman abuse prevention month. Right now, the goal is to turn the community purple – wearing the colour signifies ...

The Conviction Review Unit has a staff of around five people, who began looking into cases in the summer of 2021.

Former Bad Boy rapper Moses "Shyne" Barrow opens up to PEOPLE about the life lessons he learned while he was was incarcerated.

For a decade, our journalism has driven change and delivered information to millions, including people behind bars. We’re ...

Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty if an Idaho white supremacist gang member is convicted of killing a man while he ...

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announced the sentencing of Ameen Hurst, a 19-year-old man who escaped prison last year after being involved in four separate homicides.

A Tennessee man accused in lawsuits of drugging and sexually assaulting dozens of women while police deliberately botched ...

Unlocking the Truth" is a new docuseries from Nat Geo that examines what went on behind the scenes of the infamous experiment.

A new docuseries challenges half a century's worth of received wisdom about the influential social psychology study ...

In the decades leading up to the Civil War, fearless throngs defied prison or worse to secretly shuttle as many as 7,000 ...

On April 12, 1943, flying officer John Colwell, a young RCAF navigator, disembarked from the railway station in Sagan, Germany, and was escorted down the road to Stalag Luft III, a German prisoner of ...

Another must-see spot is the Renaissance Theatre, where “The Shawshank Redemption” premiered in 1994. It’s a gorgeous venue ...