According to one mother who spoke with her son who is in the jail, inmates screamed out: "We're going to die back here. There ...

Two inmates, Justin Turner and David James, have walked away from the Jim E. Hamilton Correctional Center in Hodgen, Oklahoma ...

A feature built into the body cameras worn by Marcy prison guards allowed state corrections officials to retrieve footage hours after the incident.

“Every person is one mistake away from jail”: A Tasmanian Prison service stalwart has been recognised for her 19-year ...

Agencies around the state have posted condolences after a corporal at the Oklahoma State Reformatory died in a crash this ...

South Carolina went 13 years between executions before restarting them last year in part because the state couldn’t obtain drugs for lethal injections. A shield law passed in 2023 keeps private the ...

A North Carolina judge ruled Friday that a Black defendant’s capital trial was undermined by allegations of racial bias during jury selection, potentially opening the door to death row inmates ...

The doors of Thalia Mara Hall are expected to reopen after certain repairs are completed. The facility closed in August 2024 after mold and other safety ...

Some Mississippi lawmakers and community advocates rallied at the State Capitol on Wednesday to support a bill that would protect those incarcerated in the state.

A Council Bluffs man who avoided the gallows in 1965 after killing a 13-year-old in a "wild shooting spree" died in state ...

At the end of Netflix’s ‘Prison Cell 211,‘ Juan Olivera’s slow descent into hell culminates in a pivotal decision made by the character, one with irreversible consequences for him. The show captures ...