The Illinois Department of Corrections has spent September moving hundreds of inmates from Stateville Correctional Center in ...

While the Nevada Constitution states that neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever be tolerated, it makes an ...

He had a killer final meal. A South Carolina inmate who died by lethal injection Friday chowed down on a hearty multi-course ...

State Rep. Justin “JJ” Humphrey is calling for an OSBI investigation into the Oklahoma Department of Human Services.

New Orleans' jail is packed beyond capacity, though violent crime is down across the city. More arrests, higher bonds and ...

An incident took place at the Shawnee Correctional Center recently, and a local lawmaker is speaking on the matter.

Freddie Eugene Owens decided to go big with his last meal before he was executed yesterday (20 September). The death row ...

Stabbings, escapes from cages and getting out of restraints are some of the incidents correctional officers are reporting to ...

Jurors heard a one-minute extract from a phone call between Jason Jones and his mother in which he seems to justify his actions.

California prison officials are investigating the killing of a Livermore man serving time in Kern Valley State Prison. Guards ...

A Charleston prosthetist fit a Spartanburg man with a free prosthetic leg after he developed an infection in prison that ...

Deputies said on Tuesday, Sept. 17, David Brown Banks was found guilty by a Yancey County jury of trafficking in opium or ...