COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina inmate scheduled to be executed Friday is asking Gov. Henry McMaster to spare his life, something no governor in the...
Christina Cardenas won a $5.6 million settlement five years after she underwent a strip search while visiting her incarcerated husband, which she said was a ‘sexual...
The first meeting of the South Dakota Corrections Commission in nearly a year drew calls for transparency and accountability from commissioners, lawmakers and members of the...
Michelin star from behind bars? Inmates at an Ohio prison with a penchant for cooking whipped up a five-course meal over the weekend and served it...
Joshua Zimmerman, 30, had escaped from the DeSoto County courthouse in northwest Mississippi on June 14, the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office said. A man wanted on...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered officials at the Louisiana State Penitentiary to increase shade and take other steps to protect prisoners...
A Mississippi attorney looked manic and wet in his mug shot photo after he was arrested for smuggling contraband into prison. Daniel Sidney Dale allegedly posed...
RENO, Nevada (AP) — Three members of a Nevada family have been arrested in connection with a verbal altercation last week in Virginia City, where a...
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The local prison guard who was knocked unconscious and ended up in the hospital has shared his “scary” story, stressing that the state needs to stop...
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — An inmate was sentenced to more than four years Thursday for his role in the 2018 fatal bludgeoning of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey”...
