The lawsuit, which alleges thousands of female inmates at the Beaufort County jail faced discriminatory and “degrading” strip ...

An inmate fled on foot from Decatur Morgan Hospital on Saturday.

A grand jury indicted Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson on 30 felony counts Wednesday following a state probe into one of the largest jailbreaks in the nation’s history that occurred under ...

Rev. Michael Pfleger and former Chicago mayoral candidate Ja'Mal Green said they've lobbied Pritzker to free the onetime gang ...

Officials have locked down the Saskatchewan Penitentiary, the federal prison in Prince Albert, as they conduct a search and an investigation into an assault involving inmates. Prisoners have been ...

Pope Leo said “the death penalty is inadmissible” and he supports anyone trying to abolish it in the U.S.

A federal inmate housed at FCI Schuylkill is facing additional prison time after prosecutors say he was caught with a ...

Such allegations are spiking and the Justice Department is failing to implement key reforms meant to institute a ...

Clinton County commissioners passed a nepotism policy, resulting in the termination of Jail Matron Ashley Kelly. Sheriff Richard Kelly, Ashley Kelly's husband, reportedly canceled the county's federal ...

The U.S. Department of Justice is reintroducing firing squads, electrocution, and other methods for federal executions. This policy change follows a day-one executive order from President Donald Trump ...

THE DRIVER IN CHEROKEE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, AUTHORITIES SAY A DETENTION OFFICER DIED DURING AN INMATE’S ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE MONDAY AFTERNOON. TWO DETENTION OFFICERS ESCORTED A FEDERAL INMATE TO AN ...