The Illinois Department of Corrections has spent September moving hundreds of inmates from Stateville Correctional Center in ...

He had a killer final meal. A South Carolina inmate who died by lethal injection Friday chowed down on a hearty multi-course ...

State Rep. Justin “JJ” Humphrey is calling for an OSBI investigation into the Oklahoma Department of Human Services.

An incident took place at the Shawnee Correctional Center recently, and a local lawmaker is speaking on the matter.

South Dakota Department of Corrections officials say correctional officers confiscated numerous items of contraband since ...

Freddie Eugene Owens decided to go big with his last meal before he was executed yesterday (20 September). The death row ...

Jurors heard a one-minute extract from a phone call between Jason Jones and his mother in which he seems to justify his actions.

California prison officials are investigating the killing of a Livermore man serving time in Kern Valley State Prison. Guards ...

Stabbings, escapes from cages and getting out of restraints are some of the incidents correctional officers are reporting to ...

Deputies said on Tuesday, Sept. 17, David Brown Banks was found guilty by a Yancey County jury of trafficking in opium or ...

The federal Bureau of Prisons says it has increased staffing in recent months to make up for staggering shortfalls at the ...

Last year, two Black men were beaten and tasered by six officers in a no-warrant house raid. Since then, the Justice Department said it got more complaints regarding similar instances by the deputies.