A state panel that investigates wrongful convictions has freed innocent people from prison. Questions and answers.

The cut to 20% of vacant state employee jobs came as an amendment during a House budget committee. It goes to the floor Wednesday.

An inmate who escaped a North Carolina prison this past week was recaptured Monday night after several days on the run. The inmate, 32-year-old Francisco Cardenas, was being held at the ...

After 44 years fighting his conviction, Ronnie Long walks with his attorney Jamie Lau after being released from prison at Albemarle Correctional Institute on Aug. 27, 2020. Two other North ...

Permanent deacons who minister in the Diocese of Rochester and elsewhere are celebrating milestone anniversaries of ...

Tom enjoyed working in his basement woodshop, playing cards and being with friends and family. He was a member of Christ ...

CHILLICOTHE ― Ross Correctional Institute officer Andrew Lansing was known to all as a friend, someone who took pride in his job and had a smile and attitude that "would light up a room ...

The South Carolina Department of Corrections is investigating a death at the Lee Correctional Institution. Authorities say Leo Jermaine Cheeks, an inmate at Lee Correctional Institution ...

WAUPUN – A Milwaukee woman was arrested May 5 in connection with threats made to Waupun Correctional Institution employees. According to Dodge County Sheriff's Office, multiple victims received ...

Cody Balmer, the man charged with setting fire to the Governor's Residence in Harrisburg on April 13, has been transferred to a State Correctional Institution in Wayne County. According to the ...