Rapper Lil' Wayne, 27, is going to jail. Indeed, as part of the plea bargain, he's set to see one year in prison.

SCRAM! It could be your get out of jail free card or, actually, anklet. The SCRAM anklet is a high-tech alcohol monitoring system being used by more and more states and local governments as an effective alternative to jail for it's non-violent alcohol criminal offenders, such as DUI or drunk drivers, as local governments SCRAMble (see what I did there?) to cut costs in these tough economic times.

Failing or refusing to comply with a court order is serious business. Just ask lawyer H. Beatty Chadwick. He did and was held in contempt of court and served 14 years in jail before just being released.

Musicians are campaigning against the use of their songs by U.S. interrogators at detention centers including the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The United States has 2.3 million people behind bars, more than any other country in the world and more than ever before in its history, Human Rights Watch said Friday.

Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav has rejected a controversial plea deal that would have required him to admit to sexual misconduct to avoid jail time.

Deportable immigrants released from the Los Angeles County jail system were no more likely to be rearrested than similar nondeportable immigrants released during the same period, according to a RAND Corporation study issued today.

Once open seven days a week for as many as 11 hours a day, today the Schneider Medical Clinic is closed and the couple who ran the clinic are in jail.

Tuesday’s verdict in one of Sweden’s most observed rape trials has sparked a debate over judicial boundaries in similar cases.

The Khmer Rouge's former second-in-command, Nuon Chea, has been back in court, facing charges of crimes against humanity and other offenses committed during the communist rule of Cambodia 30 years ago. Nuon Chea has asked to be released on bail because of poor health and legal questions surrounding his arrest. Rory Byrne reports from Phnom Penh.

China has freed a Hong Kong-based reporter for a Singaporean newspaper. The journalist served about half of a five year jail sentence. He had been accused of spying for Taiwan. As VOA's Stephanie Ho reports from Beijing, the release comes just before the Lunar New Year holiday, the most important Chinese celebration.

Rakhat Aliev was once one of the most powerful and influential people in oil-rich Kazakhstan. But after an Almaty court ruling late on January 15, he's now a fugitive from the law.