If these facilities close, history tells us the other jails will become more dangerous as their populations absorb more inmates.

Prison officials in Virginia say five guards have been injured in an attack by inmates who are MS-13 gang members. The Virginia Department of Corrections says three of the guards were stabbed and two ...

Butler played concerts at the prison in Clallam Bay as a part of his weeklong residence with Field Arts & Events Hall in Port Angeles. He will play at Field Hall, 201 W. Front St., tonight at 7 p.m.

A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of people imprisoned in Alaska alleges the state Department of Corrections provides ...

An arrest has been made in connection with a series of narcotics exposures at prisons across the state, according to the ...

The former Waupun warden's reduced conviction to a low-level misdemeanor in connection with a prisoner's death has elicited ...

An Army combat veteran whose Gulf War experience triggered severe mental problems was executed Thursday evening in Florida ...

A federal judge has halted all executions in Idaho until the state prison system increases access for media witnesses.

Shortly after taking office in 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on executions and ordered death row dismantled.

Hutchinson was convicted of killing his girlfriend, Renee Flaherty, and her three children: 9-year-old Geoffrey, 7-year-old ...

As Trump ramps up his deportation agenda, state Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta signaled that California would not let up on ...