The Rev. Jeff Hood has made a career of fighting to save men the state wants to kill — and it doesn't matter if they're ...

Out of the nearly 1,200 inmates inside the Madison County Jail, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has identified ...

Attorney General Jeff Jackson co-led a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general in sending a letter urging Congress to pass legislation allowing states to deploy cell phone jamming systems in jails ...

South Carolina inmate has asked to die by firing squad just five weeks after the state carried out its first death by bullets.

Up until I was ten, I had the same reoccurring nightmare. I was a toddler, watching my father snooze on the couch. My mother ...

In a significant move aimed at bolstering security and public safety, Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has rallied with a bipartisan coalition of 31 state attorneys general to advocate for […] ...

The woman convicted of killing Tejano music legend Selena Quintanilla-Perez has been denied parole after spending decades ...

Special to The OBSERVER SACRAMENTO — A judge has initiated a federal court takeover of California’s troubled prison ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday will visit the high-security El Salvador prison where Venezuelans who ...

Federal law currently prohibits the use of cell phone jamming technology in prisons. However, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond is asking the U.S. Congress to change that.

Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Rep. David Kustoff of Tennessee reignited their push Wednesday to prevent incarcerated people ...