A St. Paul man convicted of attempted murder after firing multiple shots at his mother in front of Metro State University in ...

A N.J. appeals court rules that the state Department of Corrections 'failed' to conduct a meaningful investigation.

The Colorado Department of Corrections can house about 15,077 men across state and privately run prisons. The male population ...

Former Colorado elections clerk Tina Peters is asking the state appeals court to recognize President Donald Trump's pardon of ...

A man sentenced in 2024 for breaking into a Millcreek home, setting it on fire and shooting at police accused in plot from prison to rob, assault mom.

South Dakota reported eight fatal inmate overdoses in 2025, primarily linked to synthetic K2, outpacing neighboring states with no confirmed prison overdose deaths.

Scott Peterson remains in prison as 2025 ends, serving life without parole for murdering pregnant wife Laci Peterson over 20 ...

"Punishing incarcerated people for refusing to work indeed violates the state constitution’s ban on involuntary servitude and ...

Officials say 47-year-old Stephen Wayne Newell died on December 24, 2025, at the Snake River Correction Institution in Ontario. He was in the infirmary on hospice care. “As with all in-custody deaths, ...

The Iowa Dental Board has reinstated the license of a Waterloo dentist convicted of being intoxicated at the state prison ...

Lawyers for hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs are asking a federal appeals court in New York to order his immediate release ...

A growing number of medical experts and law enforcement officials are reversing testimony that put parents behind bars. But ...