A Colorado funeral home director who stored a corpse in a hearse for over a year has been sentenced to 18 months in prison ...

The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals lifted a district court's stay of execution for John Hanson, allowing his execution on ...

NC prisons, trained peer observers — incarcerated people themselves — provide watch and support to those in mental distress on suicide watch.

Ten years have passed since Richard Matt and David Sweat's daring escape from the Clinton Correctional Facility in 2015, an ...

WAUPUN, Wis. (WBAY) - A federal court is allowing part of a lawsuit to continue against the former warden of Waupun Correctional Institution, Randall Hepp; former Department of Corrections Secretary ...

Officials at High Desert State Prison in Susanville are investigating the death of an inmate as a homicide following an ...

There are now at least five civil suits alleging abuse by former youth prison Dr. Edward Gary Edwards. The latest bring the ...

A convicted killer was involved in a fight that sent another inmate to the hospital Saturday morning at the Halawa Correctional Facility.

President Donald Trump’s revamped clemency process has often disregarded the Justice Department’s guidelines.

A study shows that 63% of inmates received anxiolytics and 20% received antipsychotics, highlighting the strained psychiatric ...

The NYS Inspector General is set to moderate a panel today discussing the investigation and manhunt that followed the infamous Dannemora prison escape in 2015 ...

Blair County Prison Warden Abbie Tate submitted a resignation notice Monday that took effect immediately, prompting ...