MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has set an April execution date for a man who dropped his appeals and asked to be put to ...

The lawsuit brands the Ridgeland Correctional Facility as a “dangerous environment” with inadequate protection for its ...

The judgement, which considered question of how inmates are disciplined, is a rare reversal from the Court on established law ...

Ras Al Khaimah: An Arab man, sentenced to death in Ras Al Khaimah for fatally stabbing his friend, has been pardoned by the ...

Indiana’s second-in-command has pushed prison authorities to “ignore” a court order compelling them to provide a transgender ...

In a split ruling, the SCC found Saskatchewan rules for disciplining inmates violates the Charter ...

Jay Circuit Court Judge Brian Hutchison on Thursday imposed a three-year sentence — one year on home detention followed by ...

Two corrections staff and former inmate arrested on sexual misconduct and conspiracy charges - The arrests come a day after another former corrections officer pleaded guilty to sneaking in contraband ...

Rival groups clash in Bellizzi Irpini prison: three suspects have denied the accusations. Giovanni Flammia from Avellino made ...

Local governments and insurers paid over $60 million to resolve and defend hundreds of jail-related claims in the last five years, a KING 5 investigation found.

The South Carolina Department of Corrections uses a lethal injection protocol that was suspended by the Department of Justice ...

Aaron Goodwin, star of Ghost Adventures, filed for divorce from his wife, Victoria Goodwin, this week, only days after she was arrested in connection with an alleged murder plot against him.