Heather Mack — the Chicago woman convicted of helping kill her mother and stuffing her body in a suitcase on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali in 2014 — served about seven years of a 10-year ...

Stephen Smerk later pleaded guilty in the murder and received 70 years in prison in March 2025. The case has since appeared in at least two True Crime shows, "48 Hours" and "People Magazine ...

Taylor Sheridan has a new book coming out, and it tackles prison survival even though he has never been behind bars.

Gov. Gavin Newsom last week visited San Quentin prison to celebrate a milestone in turning the once-notorious lockup into a model of progressive public safety.