A former deep-sea treasure hunter who made one of the greatest shipwreck discoveries in American history and spent the past ...

A man who found one of the most famous shipwrecks in American history has been released from prison after serving 10 years behind bars for refusing to tell where part of the treasure is located. Tommy ...

A Mexican national with multiple illegal reentry convictions was sentenced yesterday to 135 months in federal prison for trafficking more than 33 kilograms of cocaine in the Charlotte area.

A Washington state man with a history over nearly two decades of animal abuse and illegal hunting in the Pacific Northwest was ordered to prison for poaching. Ronald Livermore of Okanogan County was ...

Former correctional officers charged with drug trafficking, other offenses for alleged scheme at Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex.

Tommy Thompson found the S.S. Central America and its thousands of pounds of sunken treasure that sat at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean for more than 150 years.

A prolific poacher with a nearly 20-year history of animal abuse and illegal hunting was sentenced to prison.

Explore the full history of prison systems, from ancient punishment methods to today’s complex correctional institutions.