Regis Darnell Jackson, 35, was found unresponsive inside a housing unit Wednesday morning, according to officials.

Arizona has set an execution date for a convicted killer on death row, marking the state's return to the death penalty after ...

Cordel Ladon Battle was found with sustained sharp force injuries during a reported assault, according to the Jefferson County Coroner.

Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The ...

A participant in the Whatcom County Pen-pal Program wrote in a letter that they asked officers to help Nixon six times before ...

Sheriff Robert Jonsen said his agency is “taking every measure possible to prevent such incidents from happening again.” ...

During the inspection, district and sessions judge Harpreet Kaur Randhawa, who is also the chairperson of District Legal Services Authority, visited each barrack of the Central Jail, interacted ...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - About two dozen people chanted and waved signs outside Newfoundland and Labrador’s largest jail Wednesday, demanding better care for inmates with addictions and mental ...

New York's state prison system is under scrutiny after guards fatally beat an inmate last month. North Country Public Radio's Emily Russell reports the incident prompted protests and calls for ...

Screengrab from Worlein Funeral Homes. The daughter of a Minnesota ... the lawsuit said. Other inmates pleaded with jail staff to get medical attention for Bush as he yelled in pain from his ...