Maxwell, a convicted sex offender connected to Jeffrey Epstein, was moved to a less restrictive federal prison this summer. Congress is investigating allegations of special treatment.

An El Paso man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in the murder of an inmate inside the El Paso County ...

Kimberly Phillips died in February while in sheriff’s custody after reportedly refusing meals over the course of several days ...

The death rate in more than 500 top U.S. jails has risen more than 8% since the last official data was released in 2016, a ...

This story is part of a series examining the death penalty in Texas. You can read more about how the system works here and a firsthand account from a reporter who witnessed an execution here.

This story is part of a series examining the death penalty in Texas. You can read more about the lives of death row inmates at the Polunsky Unit here and a first-person account from a reporter who ...

Gloria Rubac remembers the thick crowd, primarily composed of students from Sam Houston State University, and the way they cheered outside the red-brick Texas State Penitentiary as the sun set. Having ...

Kwame Ajamu spent three years on Ohio's death row and 28 years in prison for a 1975 Cleveland murder he didn't commit. Ajamu, his brother and his friend are among 11 death row exonerees in Ohio. Ajamu ...

It's not unusual for a death row inmate to claim innocence. What is highly unusual in the case of Robert Roberson is not only the number of people who believe in his innocence, but who those people ...

Oct. 15 (UPI) --Florida on Tuesday executed a 72-year-old death row inmate for the 1996 murders of two women, as the state continues its record pace of executions. Samuel Smithers was put to death by ...

The machinery of the state killing apparatus in the US continues its relentless march this week, fueled by the accelerating fascistic agenda of the Trump administration. As the nation races towards a ...