Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois' decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were ...

A Texas man who murdered his strip club manager and another man, then later prompted a massive lockdown of the state prison ...

In 1977, Murray was offered a full-time role as the prison’s fine arts instructor, which he held till he retired in 2003 and, ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed James D. Ford's execution order earlier this year and set his execution for Thursday. His attorneys ...

Those housed in the O'Daniel Unit in Gatesville, including such names as Melissa Lucio, have had their lives touched by a ...

During his 20 years behind bars, Richard Lee Tabler says he's found God and leads a ministry of Death Row inmates. He's ...

The Arizona Supreme Court set a March 19 execution date Tuesday for a man who pleaded guilty to murder more than 17 years ago and recently said his death sentence was “long ...

Michael Lee Wood has been in prison for 47 years, serving a life sentence for murder. But that’s only half of the story.

Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The ...

Hasina's Awami League recently announced plans for protests in February, including a general strike. This infuriated student activists and anti-Hasina groups, who on Wednesday stormed and demolished ...

Alabama became the first state to carry out executions with nitrogen gas when three inmates were put to death using the ...

Former U.S. President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 of 40 people on federal death row to life imprisonment ... for a man who previously served a prison sentence for the killings of ...