Victoria, TX (77901) Today Scattered thunderstorms during the morning becoming more widespread this afternoon. High 74F. Winds SSE at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 60%.

MINDEN, La. -- Chow time at Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center on the last day of January had begun as usual. Corrections officer Deputy David Dick had taken his post at the entrance, watching as ...

Research shows 37 new prisons have been built in Australia since 2000. But the evidence shows increased incarceration doesn’t help reduce crime.

T.J. Gamble, a federal correctional officer, started a more than 10-hour road trip to Washington this weekend fresh off a grueling work schedule: He’d worked 16-hour shifts for 16 consecutive days.

A Florida corrections officer is dead after he was shot in a targeted attack, officials said early Tuesday. The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said on social media that its deputies were ...

Australia Day is a divisive holiday that critics ... the state premier of Victoria, according to a report by the television station 9News. Representatives for the police in the states of Victoria ...

Temperatures are forecast to soar across South Australia and Victoria on Monday, with the bureau warning of extreme fire conditions. Melbourne is expected to experience blistering 42C heat on the ...

Go to jail to make the big bucks. Top Corrections Department overtime hogs at Rikers Island logged so many hours last year, it was the equivalent of six extra hours per day, 365 days a year ...

By Victoria Kim Reporting from Sydney, Australia In Melbourne, masked men set fire to a storied synagogue. In Sydney, a synagogue was defaced with red swastikas spray painted along the fence ...

THAT’S A DEVASTATING EXPERIENCE FOR US. BREAKING NOW AT FIVE, INVESTIGATORS SAY AN OFF DUTY PALM BEACH COUNTY CORRECTIONS DEPUTY WAS TARGETED AND AMBUSHED BEFORE HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN BELLE ...

Australia passed tough anti-hate crime laws on Thursday, including mandatory minimum sentences for terror offences and displaying hate symbols, in a bid to tackle a recent surge in antisemitism.