A Shelby County corrections deputy is facing charges after having an inappropriate relationship with an inmate, the sheriff's ...

A Department of Corrections inmate escaped from the Northeast Oklahoma Corrections Center on Friday. Jeremiah Seth McKinney, 35, of Lehigh, Okla. was reported missing from ...

A state lawmaker said he was joining an open records lawsuit planned to be filed by the family of an inmate who died in September 2024 while incarcerated at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in. State ...

An expensive spike in the number of inmates at the Orange County Jail is causing county leaders to re-examine cost saving ...

A Sacramento County inmate at Pelican Bay State Prison is one of three facing attempted homicide charges in an attack on a ...

A South Carolina inmate was executed on Friday night in Columbia for a 2001 murder. Marion Bowman Jr. was set to die by lethal injection for a 2001 killing of a friend who was found dead in her ...

A woman was arrested Wednesday after a narcotic-laced greeting card was sent to a San Diego County Jail in December 2024.

Madison County Jail faces scrutiny for restraining mentally ill detainees for extended periods, raising severe concerns.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday refused to stop what would be the fourth nitrogen gas execution in the U.S.

Missouri is now the 10th state to offer a prion nursery to allow incarcerated mothers to keep their newborns behind bars after giving birth. The Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic, and Correctional ...

U.S. economy grows solid 2.3% from October to December, 2.8% for full year 2024 ...

Concerned about repeat child molestation offenders, Rep. Elizabeth Rowray has introduced legislation to allow chemical castration.