An accused rapist entered a plea agreement this month and was sentenced in connection to rape charges against him from ...

Senate panel approved a $7M contract boost for CoreCivic after fining the private prison company nearly $30M for contract ...

Chasing Einstein is a four-part series telling the inside account of the chase to catch a man who broke into Nashville's ...

The Tennessee Attorney General's Office is asking the state Supreme Court to set execution dates for five people on death row.

A Tennessee death row prisoner declared a hunger strike on Wednesday, saying he was protesting issues with medical care, the ...

The Shelby County Sheriff's Office invited media to tour the Shelby County Jail. A CA reporter saw deteriorating conditions ...

The type of crime committed, the location of the facility, the staffing, and the fellow inmates all contribute to how a prison experience can go from rather good to very ugly indeed. “ ...

A set of bills with the backing of North Dakota’s governor could help reduce recidivism and support recovery for inmates while addressing overcrowding in jails and prisons. “The bottom line is ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Prison inmates and detainees in Oklahoma’s local and county jails who are in the country illegally could be deported soon under a program launched Wednesday by Gov. Kevin Stitt.

In recent decades, the fortunes of private prison companies have ... correctional facility in Tennessee over allegations that staffing shortages exposed inmates to violence and sexual assault.