The U.S. Supreme Court has denied the final appeal of James Dennis Ford, who is scheduled to be executed in Florida for the 1997 murders of a married couple during a fishing trip.

Lawyers sparred before New York's top court Wednesday over how specific a man alleging sexual abuse decades ago needs to be in his lawsuit ...

Robby Talbot died at New Haven Correctional Center after allegedly being doused with pepper spray and piled on by officers in ...

A CNBC spokesperson said the news outlet did not publish that report. As of Feb. 11, Mangione remained in federal custody.

The Prison Policy Initiative's report reveals how disciplinary systems in prisons around the US make those facilities less safe for everyone.

A Rikers Island correction officer suffered bleeding on the brain and underwent emergency surgery after she was struck in the ...

The death of Robert Brooks at Marcy Correctional Facility has prompted legislative efforts to reform New York’s prison ...

State of the Judiciary address given yesterday by the chief judge of New York’s highest court, Rowan Wilson, is usually a ...

New York Chief Judge Rowan Wilson, at his State of the Judiciary address, shared the podium with the head of corrections and ...

Zambito covers energy, transportation and economic growth for the USA Today Network’s New York State team. He recently ...

A feature built into the body cameras worn by Marcy prison guards allowed state corrections officials to retrieve footage hours after the incident.

Some fear the Laken Riley Act will create a shoplifting-to-deportation express or cause crowding that results in violent ...