PRISON

A Russian court has extended the prison term handed to an activist who investigated Stalin-era repression to 15 years

The driver of a semi who <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/truck-driver-fiery-colorado-crash-charged-40-counts-may-face-n1001941">crashed into stopped traffic </a>on a Colorado interstate two years ago, killing four people and injuring others, was sentenced to 110 years in prison Monday.

A 65-year-old Missouri City man has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit mail fraud, Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery announced Wednesday.

The Houston man accused of going on a shopping spree after receiving more than $1.6 million from the Small Business Association’s Paycheck Protection Program has been sentenced to 110 months in prison, the U.S. Justice Department announced Monday.

A former Valero gas station employee has been sentenced to five years in prison after deputies said he recorded a customer using the restroom without their consent.

A 21-year-old man was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Wednesday for a home invasion and robbery, according to Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office.

Joshua Samuel painfully recalls the day, one year ago, that Nigerian soldiers opened fire in Lagos while he and thousands of others were protesting police brutality

A 32-year-old Stafford man has been sentenced to 42 years in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated sexual assault of a child and indecency of a child, Fort Bend County District Attorney confirmed Wednesday.

A 33-year-old Houston man has been sentenced to 17 years in federal prison after packaging thousands of ecstasy pills for sale, according to acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.

A 21-year-old Cypress man was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of capital murder, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Monday.

Inspectors say the death of the newborn baby at HMP Bronzefield "should never have happened'.

Police said, while in jail, the 28-year-old MS-13 leader ordered his gang members to ambush and kill a 16-year-old cooperating witness.

Damon Thibodeaux was still fighting for compensation for his years of wrongful incarceration when he died.

A 26-year-old Houston man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for shooting a grandmother to death at an apartment complex in north Houston, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Monday.

A 51-year-old woman from Cuba has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for distributing cocaine, Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery announced on Monday.

Dr. Ghyasuddin Syed, who runs a pain management clinic in Baytown, is scheduled to report to prison in July after pleading guilty to “conspiracy to defraud the federal government.”

Usman Khan was allowed to join Learning Together despite concern he was a terror offender.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice released its new protocols for allowing spiritual advisors to be present in the execution chamber at the time of an inmate’s death. This reversal comes two years after TDCJ halted the practice.

After escaping from a Georgia prison in 1968, Robert Stackowitz hid out in a quiet Connecticut town -- until last week, when the U.S. Marshals finally showed up at his door. The 71-year-old says he is too old and sick to return to prison. DeMarco Morgan reports.

60 Minutes visits a prison that would shock most Americans. Is Germany's prison philosophy the answer?

The FBI is investigating the prison where Richard Matt and David Sweat escaped for a possible drug ring. The prison has placed 12 of its employees on administrative leave, including the superintendent. CBS News correspondent Anna Werner reports.

Angola prison has a gift shop? You might be as surprised as "48 Hours" producers were to discover that Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, one of the most notorious prisons in the U.S. has a place to buy souvenirs. Take a look inside.

After 12 years in prison, wrongfully accused rape convict to be released DNA testing has cleared Michael Phillips of a 1990 rape conviction. A Dallas judge recently vacated the conviction after a district attorney found evidence linking the crime to another man.