Governor Kathy Hochul’s 2025-26 budget includes over $425 million to address violence in New York prisons following an inmate ...

A judge on Tuesday dismissed only part of a wrongful death lawsuit filed against the Nevada Department of Corrections ...

Alexis Schuler's boyfriend, Devontae Gray, is charged with first-degree murder after her concealed body was found in his home ...

An Idaho prisoner who argued that he was retaliated against for speaking to the Idaho Statesman has accepted a plea deal for ...

Utah is the only state to have used firing squads in the past 50 years, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

A man who admitted to abusing dozens of local children has died. Louis Van Wie died on Jan. 14, the New York State Department of Corrections said. He was 82 years old.

For the third session in a row, Montana lawmakers are considering a bill intended to allow the state to again administer the ...

Cook County, Illinois Deputy Shamone Duncan, 50, was shot along with local resident Dario Stubbs outside a restaurant on ...

Lawyers for an Alabama death row inmate set to be killed in the state's first execution of 2025 are arguing that he actually belongs in the custody of another state.

The Rifle Correctional Center is at risk of closing as state officials consider cost-cutting measures to address a budget ...