A New Hampshire man charged with first-degree murder in an Amherst County shooting that killed an elderly woman and severely injured her daughter has invoked his right to a speedy trial and will soon ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

The Boston lawsuit said Trump’s order directly targets transgender Americans by attempting to deny them legal recognition ...

The jail introduced its first K-9 officer last week after months of planning. Already this week, Deborah found what officers suspect to be methamphetamine on the old clothes of an inmate before ...

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

Nearly 30 inmates were charged after 55 warrants were served following a thorough contraband search at the W. Glenn Campbell ...

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

Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman chronicle financial mismanagement, abuses of power and general inhumanities in a system ...