A paperwork breakdown in Texas county jails has kept some people locked up after judges say they are free to go ...

A 33-year-old prisoner died one day after a 37-year-old inmate at the same prison was attacked and killed, officials said.

CHESAPEAKE — A former Chesapeake sheriff’s deputy attempted to publicize jail footage of an incident involving an inmate by ...

An inmate at the Stiles Unit, Robert Gonzalez, has died of natural causes, according to the Texas Department of Criminal ...

Chadwick Willacy is scheduled to be executed on April 21 for the 1990 murder of his neighbor, Marlys Sather. Willacy was ...

The man who opened fire in a classroom at Virginia’s Old Dominion University completed a drug treatment program that allowed ...

On March 13, 2026, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, contraband and unautorized items were seized at Cowansville Institution, a ...

Ron DeSantis signed the death warrant for Michael King, who was convicted of the 2008 kidnap, rape, and murder of Denise Amber Lee. Lee's case, which included her own 911 call from her abductor's car, ...

The latest Legislative session is set to come to a close this week, though lawmakers have already filed hundreds of bills for consideration. But of these hundreds of bills, only a portion have ...

Federal prosecutors, who can face discipline for not advancing the Trump administration’s priorities, are bringing military trespassing charges against immigrants with little evidence.

L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna has asked the National Institute of Corrections to step in and conduct a review of jail conditions after 10 inmate deaths in less than three months.

James Johnson, a correction officer at the Metropolitan Detention Center, first abused a male inmate inside a chaplain’s office, prosecutors said.