The apparent suicide attempt at Parnall prison near Jackson came weeks after lawmakers axed from the budget funds to improve ...

The state’s corrections ombudsman is on track to investigate allegations of mistreatment, discrimination expressed by ...

An electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring the heart of a Tennessee inmate executed by lethal injection in August reportedly ...

He pushed past the man's cellmate and threw two punches to the victim's head, causing a cut above his eye, bleeding, swelling ...

Alabama death row inmate Anthony Boyd professed his innocence in the chilling final words before he was put to death via ...

Three California state prison inmates serving life sentences are being investigated in connection with the death of another ...

Dozens rallied outside of the VADOC headquarters in Richmond on Friday, Oct. 24, calling for a change in leadership and for ...

Boyd used his final words to proclaim his innocence and criticize the criminal justice system. "I didn't kill anybody. I didn ...

An inmate in SF jail alleged that a sheriff’s deputy started a physical fight last Friday after telling him “you’re gonna be ...

KING 5 Investigators reveal at least two employees engaged in sexual relationships with inmates, recording their encounters ...

Delaware State Police have arrested a Wilmington man and are searching for two others accused of smuggling drugs and ...

Experts say more than half of those sitting in South Carolina jails right now are suffering from mental illness, but most ...