A state of emergency was declared in two Ecuador provinces after five police officers got killed.

A man has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering his three children.

Jesús Hernández Alcocer, a 79-year-old lawyer, who allegedly murdered his 21-year-old singer wife, died in a prison in Mexico City.

A man accused of allegedly raping a 17-year-old deaf and mute girl, killed himself fearing prison time.

At least 15 people died and 20 were injured in a clash between inmates inside the Latacunga prison in central Ecuador.

Convict Porfirio Duarte-Herrera serving life sentence escapes from prison Tuesday.

A man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for taking a woman hostage at an internet cafe in Saitama, Japan last year.

A child molester will serve a 10-year prison sentence for allegedly hiring an assassin to kill his male victim per reports.

A 37-year-old former prison nurse at Oregon's only women's prison faces 25 counts of sexual assault charges.

A Washington man who allegedly stabbed his wife and two daughters to death in 1999 was found murdered in a prison shower in Washington State Penitentiary on Sunday, March. 13. 

A man has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for allegedly stabbing his estranged wife to death in 2020 in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.

Lottery fraudster and convicted rapist Edward Putman faces six more years in prison if he fails to hand over more than £900,000 ($1.2 million) within three months.

Mary Bell, who killed two young boys in 1968, was released from prison after serving a 12-year sentence, now lives under the protection of the British government.

A man has been sentenced to two years in prison for obtaining fraudulent loans designed to provide emergency financial assistance for businesses affected by COVID-19 and then using a portion of the cash to purchase a Range Rover.

A man allegedly knocked off a 63-year-old woman's teeth in Birmingham while trying to snatch her purse.

A student who reportedly confessed to murdering his step-grandmother in a game of truth or dare has been sentenced to life in prison.

A Japanese nurse who reportedly killed three of her patients by putting antiseptic in their IV drips at a hospital in 2016 has been sentenced to life in prison.

An elderly doctor has been sentenced for allegedly fatally shooting his wife in the chest in a failed suicide pact.

A father who reportedly fractured his infant's skull for not taking a nap has been sentenced to 5 and a half years in prison. 

A father convicted of killing and decapitating his 3-year-old daughter has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.

A woman has been sentenced to 17-years in prison with hard labor after she reportedly scalded her husband with hot water.

A former nurse reportedly forced her children to record videos of her threatening to kill Vice President Kamala Harris.

A man who is serving a life sentence for the murder of his pregnant wife and two children reportedly gets racy fan letters from women.

Jason Vincent Longhurst reportedly strangled the 14-year-old girl with a jumper and carried out the sexual assault shortly after she became unconscious.

A Japanese father who allegedly killed his 9-month-old baby out of frustration has been slapped with a 9-year jail sentence.

A Mexican man who reportedly attempted to swallow memory cards containing child pornography to destroy evidence has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. 

A jail officer who reportedly had sexual relations with an inmate has been arrested for attempting to smuggle meth into prison.

A man who reportedly chopped off his baby stepdaughter's head with a machete has been sentenced to 54 years in prison.

Stephen Bear and Jessica Lily Smith's video amassed over 100 million views overnight and 1,200 retweets, and was filmed in Turkey.

Authorities are investigating the death of an inmate in Colorado after another inmate beat him to death in a vicious 15-second attack.