Gov. Kelly Ayotte said Wednesday that John Scippa, who has a long background in law enforcement, is the right person to lead ...

After 10 inmates escape from Orleans Parish Prison, Sheriff Susan Hutson is under fire for leadership failures, prompting a ...

The ADCRR is investigating a violent altercation between inmates at the Arizona State Prison Complex–Tucson after a video of ...

California prison officials said two inmates attacked and killed another inmate Wednesday afternoon at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano. The California ...

New videos posted publicly by an inmate on Facebook show two inmates beating another with a padlock in the Tucson complex, ...

A Tennessee man who killed his wife and her two teenage sons was scheduled to be executed on Thursday morning, three years after he was saved by a last-minute reprieve.

Through the receivership order, the city will transfer power over local jails to a third-party expert appointed by the federal courts.

Officers responded to a report of a crash at the intersection of 3rd Street and Broadway just after 7 p.m., LMPD spokesperson ...

An inmate at the Leavenworth County Jail was sentenced to more than a decade in prison Wednesday for attacking an officer.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said it is probing the alleged attempted homicide of a peace officer at California Medical Facility in Vacaville on ...

Brandon McQuillen was in custody for allegedly shooting and killing his father in Middletown back in March and planting a ...

A Midlands woman is facing charges after authorities said she helped her husband escape a South Carolina prison.