The South Carolina Supreme Court has set a March 7 date for the latest execution in the state's suddenly busy death chamber.

Tunisia’s opposition Ennahdha party has slammed a court sentencing its leader Rached Ghannouchi to an additional 22 years in ...

A judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order mandating that transgender women in federal prison ...

It has been 45 years since one of the deadliest prison riots in U.S. history. It all happened here in New Mexico.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster denied clemency for the man set to be executed Friday night for a 2001 Dorchester County ...

Lawmakers held a hearing for two different pieces of legislation that would change the death penalty. LR15CA is a constitutional amendment that would get rid of the death penalty. LB432 is a bill that ...

The Boston lawsuit said Trump’s order directly targets transgender Americans by attempting to deny them legal recognition ...

She made her case surrounded by dozens of advocates and lawmakers — including formerly incarcerated Assemblymember Eddie ...

By Benny Nezaj Click here for updates on this story MALONE, New York (WPTZ) — A bizarre incident involving chemical exposure at the Upstate Correctional Facility in Malone is under investigation by th ...

An incarcerated transgender woman sued the Trump administration Sunday, challenging an executive order that requires the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to house transgender inmates according to ...

The bill, HB252, sponsored by Majority Whip Karianne Lisonbee, R-Clearfield, aims to regulate the medical care and housing conditions of individuals in state custody, which includes prisons, jails, ...

An investigation is underway by state police in Somerset into the death of a Philadelphia inmate at SCI-Somerset ... Swank said. Prison staff and medical personnel responded and provided life ...