Twenty people, including 14 law enforcement officers, have pleaded not guilty to federal charges in a Mississippi Delta drug trafficking scheme.

South Carolina's highest court has refused to stop Friday's execution of a man who killed three people over five days and left taunting messages for police in one victim's blood.

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King County Department of Adult & Juvenile Detention reportedly challenges Washington state employment law following ...

Harold Wayne Nichols was sentenced to death in 1990 after he was convicted of raping and murdering Karen Pulley, a ...

Virginia are waiting to enroll in prison education programs — a backlog that state officials say could hinder rehabilitation ...

The court found the Department of Correctional Services had violated her rights by refusing hormonal treatment as "cosmetic medication" ...

The bills have been introduced as states have carried out 41 executions this year, the largest amount in the country since ...

Several people were detained, and seven of those people were ultimately arrested following further investigation and record ...

The state’s correctional system seems intent on putting itself out of business. The maximum-security MCI-Cedar Junction facility in Walpole closed in 2023, while in 2024, both the medium-security ...

The agreement, signed by county and federal officials in late October, requires the county to notify the Baltimore ICE office before releasing people from jail who are subject to federal ...