The maniac who bludgeoned his elderly mom to death in Chinatown just before Christmas – possibly with a skateboard – had been ...

Opioids, including the best known—morphine, heroin and fentanyl—have been gaining popularity over the last few decades. Although officially banned, these painkillers still find their way into prisons ...

Sean "Diddy" Combs has entered a drug rehabilitation program at the Fort Dix prison complex in New Jersey. This move could potentially reduce his prison sentence by up to one year, according to his ...

Two Cedar Rapids men said they are grateful to Linn County Drug Treatment Court for giving them a foundation to build new sober lives. The two were among six who graduated last week. The court started ...

High-security inmates at 19 prisons went on a weekslong lockdown last month after two prisoners were killed at the East Texas lockup that houses death row. Just outside of Livingston, the Polunsky ...

Former inmates and officials say synthetic drugs like K2, frequent lockdowns and limited addiction treatment fuel overdose ...