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For the shy Afghan girl who sat quietly in a detention center with a pale blue headscarf, teenage rebellion had come at a heavy price: seven years in prison.

Police say a motorist fleeing officers in Cleveland abandoned his car and jumped a fence — landing in what turned out to be a prison yard.

Suspended Washington Wizards star Gilbert Arenas should soon learn whether he will serve jail time for a felony gun conviction stemming from a locker-room confrontation with a teammate.

Twenty-five states ban all tobacco products in prisons.

California's budget crisis and overcrowded prisons have led to a new reality for thousands of convicted felons: parole is getting ...

Lil Wayne has agreed to go to jail in a gun case, but it has proven unexpectedly hard to put him there....

A newlywed Massachusetts couple spent their wedding night in separate jail cells after police said the bride tried to run over an old flame of the groom.

Sean Penn's paparazzi run-in may land him in jail. Tiger Woods was far from being the only celeb who created a stir on Friday. News hit the press that 49-year-old Sean Penn is being charged with battery and other offenses after smacking around a paparazzo -- here's the story.

Last week, Lil Wayne commanded the spotlight and stage at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards -- but Tuesday, the multi-platinum rapper will find himself in a much less prestigious place: a jail cell at New York City's notorious Riker's Island.

The New Orleans rhymer, born Dwayne Carter, is due to be sentenced Tuesday in a Manhattan court room after pleading guilty in a gun possession case.

Five Americans arrested in Pakistan on suspicion of plotting terror attacks claimed again Tuesday they are being tortured in jail.