JASPER COUNTY, S.C. (WTOC) - Thursday, March 13th, the mother of a former inmate at the Ridgeland Correctional Facility in Jasper County, filed a civil lawsuit against the South Carolina Department of ...

The last time such an execution took place was 15 years ago, in Utah. The South Carolina inmate chose the method because of his concerns about lethal injection, his lawyer said. By Eduardo Medina ...

A federal district judge in Indiana has once again ordered the state Department of Correction (IDOC) to arrange a sex reassignment surgery for a transgender inmate convicted of reckless homicide ...

An inmate at a British Columbia prison has been charged with second-degree murder over a death in a cafeteria fight. Homicide investigators say Therae Racette-Beaulieu has been charged in the ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - Indiana State Police say they are looking into an overnight death of an inmate at the St. Joseph County Jail. Police say jail staff were alerted just after 1:30 a.m. by ...

An inmate died in a New York prison as guards at institutions across the state continue their strike, which is now in its second week. Jonathon Grant, 61, died over the weekend at one of the ...

By Jay Root and Jan Ransom An inmate at a New York State prison was pronounced dead on Saturday after being found unresponsive in his cell, state officials said. The inmate, Jonathan Grant ...

(NEXSTAR) – A South Carolina death row inmate is set to be executed on Friday, March 7. Instead of the more traditional lethal injection, the inmate—Brad Sigmon, 67—has chosen to die by ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - A correctional officer for the Woodbury County Jail has been charged after he allegedly assaulted and injured an inmate. Court documents show 29-year-old Austin Svendsen has ...

Christopher Sepulvado was expected to die by nitrogen gas March 17 — but the elderly inmate died early Sunday morning of “natural causes” after complications arose from a previous surgery ...

Former inmates at Estrella Jail reveal how drugs get smuggled in despite security measures. The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office says they plan to install x-ray scanners to stop the flow of drugs.