An inmate at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center was found dead in his cell Sunday evening, sparking a death ...

Lawmakers claim they've received reports from parents and advocates of prolonged lockdowns, solitary confinement and a lack ...

New York state prisons will release some inmates early because the system does not have enough corrections officers, weeks after the state fired more than 2,000 guards who went on strike over poor ...

The man who police said is in the U.S. illegally, was being held in the Fairfax County jail for charges related to allegedly ...

Mikal Mahdi, who killed a South Carolina police officer during a multi-state crime spree, has chosen to die by firing squad.

A South Carolina death row inmate on Friday chose execution by firing squad, just five weeks after the state carried out its ...

A federal judge’s finding that extreme heat in Texas prisons is unconstitutional could lead to the state being ordered to ...

While the Virginia Department of Corrections maintains its efforts to keep staff and inmates safe, recent allegations of abuse and reports of inmates burning themselves at Red Onion State are at ...

The Virginia Department of Corrections has made drug abuse prevention a priority, spending millions of dollars to help prison ...

Mikal Mahdi was sentenced to death for killing an off-duty Orangeburg police officer in Calhoun County, South Carolina.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Lawyers for a South Carolina inmate set to be put to ... decided whether he got life in prison or the death penalty. Mahdi’s current lawyers said in an appeal Tuesday to the ...

“The West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation (WV DCR) confirms an inmate has died at Mount Olive ...