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A fight at a jail between rival drug gangs in northwestern Mexico killed 23 inmates on Wednesday, the army said.

The Colorado man who admitted orchestrating the balloon boy hoax reported to jail Monday to begin a 90-day jail sentence....

Pakistani police will ask a court to charge five Americans detained in the country this month with planning terrorist attacks and jail them for life, a police official said on Thursday.

Lil Wayne emerged as a top-selling musician known for his clever wordplay and risque lyrics, but like rappers before him, he’s staring down a year behind bars at the peak of his career.

Charlie Sheen spent the better part of Christmas Day in a Colorado jail cell after being arrested on domestic violence allegations....

Richard Heene is sentenced to 90 days in jail, including 60 days work release, for fabricating a story that his son had been carried off by a homemade balloon. His wife gets 20 days.

After more than three decades in prison, a man in Florida was set free Thursday after a DNA test showed he did not kidnap and rape a 9-year-old boy in 1974.

Dozens of terrorism suspects will be moved to a little-used rural facility that will be acquired and upgraded by the federal government.

Maine police are searching for a maximum-security inmate who was mistakenly released from the county jail.

Pulp Fiction co-screenwriter Roger Avary is sent back to a secure prison after reportedly giving updates on his sentence on Twitter.