In the aftermath of Williams’ execution there has been an outcry from the public due to the doubts over his conviction, ...

The area of the Brooklyn detention center is reserved for detainees who require special protection, sources confirm to NBC ...

Republican Ross Teeple is running as a candidate for sheriff in November in a key county on the US-Mexico border ...

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has announced that Sheriff T.K. Waters will hold a media briefing at 11:00 a.m. today to ...

An inmate at the Butte-Silver Bow Detention Center died Tuesday morning after sustaining severe lacerations.Butte Fire Rescue ...

Opioid use disorder can be a contributing factor to Americans landing in the nation's prisons and jails, but those i ...

Marcellus Williams, the Missouri death row inmate who has maintained his innocence for nearly 24 years, is scheduled to be executed Tuesday, a day after the governor and the state Supreme Court ...

The prohibited items included drugs, phones and child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office Northern District.

Congo's minister of justice says nearly 1,700 ill inmates have been released from the country's largest prison as part of an ...

BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – A Bexar County Jail inmate died after suffering a medical episode stemming from detoxing conditions, ...

"Hunger" is an uncompromising film, and it’s especially shocking to see Fassbender in the lead role as he physically ...

At least 129 people died when inmates tried to escape from Makala Prison, where conditions are abysmal and overcrowding is a ...