The Punjab & Haryana High Court on Thursday directed the Punjab's Principal Secretary Jails to remain present in the Court on ...

Roughly 2,500 nonviolent drug offenders nationwide received a grant of executive clemency in January, including 10 people in ...

Police say they have seized 'tights full of drugs' and a suspected drop-off drone from car near a prison in Nottinghamshire. Two people were detained within a car in connection with a suspected drop ...

A remorseful death row inmate pleaded for forgiveness and mothed one final message before being put to death in Texas Thursday, 20 years after he killed his strip club manager and another man.

In the wake of further violence in state prisons, North Country lawmakers are again calling for drastic prison reform. “It is ...

When Illinois shuttered the century-old maximum security facility last year, nearly four of every five inmates went to less-secure sites.

Each year, about 2,475 prisoners return to Milwaukee County. This raises a critical question: Who do we want these ...

The Shelby County Jail is aging, has failing infrastructure and is overcrowded. The sheriff's office allowed reporters inside ...

An incident at the Collins Correctional Facility led to a lockdown Wednesday for the facility’s staff and incarcerated individuals. Following a statement earlier Wednesday, at 4:40 p.m. Wednesday ...

Florida executes inmate for 1997 double murder in front of toddler, while Texas puts to death nightclub killer - James Dennis ...

A TN death row prisoner has declared a hunger strike, saying he is protesting issues with medical care, food quality and ...

Minneapolis defense attorney Sarah Gad denied smuggling drugs into Hennepin County Jail after authorities found drug residue ...