An Oregon inmate briefly escaped from a work crew in Salem on Friday, according to the Oregon Department of Corrections.

South Carolina gives its death row inmates a choice between lethal injection, the electric chair and the firing squad. Mahdi ...

A man facing the death penalty for committing two murders was executed by firing squad on Friday, the second such execution ...

A man convicted of the 2004 murder of an off-duty police officer is to be put to death by firing squad Friday in South ...

Netflix and HBO/Max led the documentary category, while PBS led news, as Peabody unveiled its nominees for the documentary, news, public service and radio podcast categories for its 85th competition.

Charlotte Thrasher most recently served as superintendent of the Washington Corrections Center for Women in Gig Harbor.

Two Oregon legislators urged the FBI to investigate the 1989 killing of prison director Michael Francke in Salem.

A known, high-volume Central Oregon drug trafficker was sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison Wednesday following ...

Multiple New York prison guards have been criminally indicted in connection with the “disturbing” death of an inmate last month during a wildcat officers’ strike, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Tuesday.

Oregon lawmakers on Monday asked FBI Director Kash Patel to investigate the 1989 murder of the state’s top prison official.