A 66-year-old Shelton, Washington, man was sentenced to 90 months in prison Friday for his role in a drug trafficking ring ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Officers intentionally kept the conditions in a local Alabama jail “as filthy as possible” to convince county commissioners to increase salaries and jail budget, a ploy that ...

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

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is using federal prisons to detain some people arrested in its ...

Demetrius Frazier became the fourth inmate in the US to be put to death by the method as he served his sentence for the 1991 ...

Demetrius T. Frazier, convicted of murdering a Detroit teen in 1992, was executed by nitrogen gas in Alabama after an unusual ...

STAR-ADVERTISER STAR-ADVERTISER A 33-year-old inmate f after an alleged assault at the Oahu Community Correctional Center early Wednesday was identified today as Eric A. Scotton, according to the ...

A reformatory’s redevelopment into housing in Virginia has become a guiding example for cities across the United States. Read ...

An Omaha woman was booked into Lancaster County jail Wednesday after being accused of passing contraband to a Lincoln prison inmate during a visitation, according to court documents.

Faraci Lange partner Stephen G. Schwarz is representing family members of Robert Brooks, whose death was confirmed as a ...

The Federal Bureau of Prisons said it is conducting a facility assessment before determining next steps, as most inmates ...