A corrections officer and two inmates are charged in a plot to sneak fentanyl into a southeast Missouri prison.

On Christmas Eve, Drew Johnson escaped the South Mississippi Correctional Facility and was found a day later in Greene County ...

A South Carolina inmate is set to die by firing squad Friday, a rare execution method in the United States that experts say more places may turn to.

By Emily Pofahl Click here for updates on this story WAUPUN, Wisconsin (WISN) — Another inmate has died inside Wisconsin’s ...

Deputies were executing a search warrant on Thursday at a home where a young woman was killed as part of a separate ongoing ...

The quality of life afforded the state’s prisoners is a perennial concern for families, human rights advocates and workers ...

Onondaga County District Attorney Bill Fitzpatrick has again been assigned as the special prosecutor to lead an investigation into the death of an inmate at the ...

By Nick Sloan Click here for updates on this story LANSING, Kansas (KMBC) — An inmate at Lansing Correctional Facility has been sentenced to additional time for kidnapping a prison employee. Allan B.

A 34-year-old inmate was killed during an “apparent fight” inside their cell at the Ridgeland Correctional Institution, ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court has rejected what is likely the final appeal of condemned man Brad ...

As someone who has studied execution methods in the U.S., I see the resumption of death by firing squad as part of a morbid ...

Three volunteer South Carolina prison employees will be the firing squad used to execute condemned killer Brad Sigmon on ...