A South Carolina death row inmate on Friday chose execution by firing squad, just five weeks after the state carried out its ...

A jail captain resigned after an internal investigation discovered an unreported relationship between an inmate and a ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge’s rebuke of Texas housing prisoners in lockups without air conditioning stopped short of ...

This combination of photos shows Yolanda Saldívar, who is serving a life sentence at the Patrick L. O’Daniel Unit prison in ...

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

Rashawn Cannon has been indicted in connection to the death of correctional officer Andrew Lansing on Christmas Day, ...

A Ross County prison inmate accused of killing an on-duty corrections officer has been indicted on murder charges. According ...

A federal judge has found the extreme heat in Texas prisons that don’t have air conditioning is “plainly unconstitutional.” ...

Ross County prosecutors filed a notice with the Ohio Supreme Court of Ohio for aggravating circumstances, which often indicates that prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty. Killing a law ...

An inmate has been formally charged in connection with the death of an Ohio correctional officer on Christmas Day.

An inmate accused of killing an Ohio corrections officer on Christmas Day was indicted months after the incident.