ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A new report by the Orange County Corrections Department Research Unit showcasing the county facility's “Average Daily Population with ICE Detainers” found that the number of ...

AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - Corey Shawn Bavousett is the name of the inmate who died this past Sunday at the Bill Clements unit outside of Amarillo. A custodial death report filed with the Office of the ...

Inmate firefighters in California will receive higher pay and the state will make permanent firefighting camps that train and educate young offenders under two laws signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

“I’m not going to deny the reality — there’s no good explanation,” the interior minister said of how the 20 inmates had slipped out, perhaps over a period of time. By Annie Correal and Jody García ...

Erie County Executive Brenton Davis' Community Works Program is causing a dispute with county judges and the district attorney. Judges and the DA argue the program improperly lets inmates out for work ...

Two former SCDC employees were arrested for, among other things, helping an inmate secure contraband, according to the SCDC Officer of Inspector General. Getty Images COLUMBIA, S.C. Two South Carolina ...

A man who is scheduled to be executed later this month for a 1993 murder continues to maintain his innocence, saying on Wednesday, "I didn't kill anybody. I didn't participate in any killing." Boyd ...

As of 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, the U.S. Supreme Court has yet to issue a ruling on Mississippi death row inmate Charles Ray Crawford's petition to halt his scheduled execution. Crawford's execution ...

An inmate died in Rush City prison this week after an apparent fight with his new cellmate, authorities said. Correctional officers found the man unresponsive with “obvious injuries” after receiving a ...

Two inmates have been executed an hour apart during what's expected to be the single busiest month for the death penalty in the U.S. in nearly 15 years. Florida executed Samuel Lee Smithers on Tuesday ...

California prison officials are investigating the death of an inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison as a homicide after three other prisoners allegedly attacked him with improvised weapons Thursday ...