The hanging of James Pratt, 30, and John Smith, 40, became the last executions for homosexual acts in English history.

To mark Valentine’s Day here are some love-themed stories from Essex history, some with happy endings, some with bloody ones.

So you will be taken from here and held at Newgate Prison pending further investigation. ♪ ♪ (breathes deeply) Can I help you? I'm looking for Miss Scarlet. You've found her. My name is ...

Every month, I comb through Netflix’s slate of new movies and TV shows and in February, I was greeted with a surprise: “Prison Cell 211.” To anybody who has seen the excellent 2009 movie ...

The second-look bill would allow people serving prison terms of 10 years or longer to apply to judges and ask them to re-evaluate their sentences. The aim is to “address the harms caused by New ...

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - A big rally Saturday outside Vermont’s only women’s prison. State officials are looking to build a new facility but some believe prison’s are not the answer.

A State Department spokesman said he never should have been taken captive or moved to a Russian prison. Mr. Hubbard’s sister and three former Ukrainian prisoners of war held with Mr. Hubbard ...

Kevin Costner appeared in a mood to party as he he hung out with some famous Philadelphia Eagles fans at a Super Bowl ...

The former glamour model, 46, looked head over heels in love with the adorable pooch as she cuddled him in newly released snaps on Thursday.

One of the world’s biggest prisons, with a 40,000 capacity (equivalent to almost half the UK’s current prison population), CECOT was built two years ago. It now houses many thousands of the ...

Smoke billowed from the windows of part of the prison as burn. And killing continued. What we didn't know but found out later was the degree of insane rage that had erupted inside, not just inmate ...