He had a killer final meal. A South Carolina inmate who died by lethal injection Friday chowed down on a hearty multi-course meal before the Palmetto State carried out its first execution in 13 years.

Two Massachusetts correctional officers have been stabbed by inmates inside a prison in Shirley in an attack described by a ...

Inmates at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center attacked and stabbed two corrections officers multiple times Wednesday ...

The Greenville News will be providing live coverage from Columbia today leading up to the execution of Freddie Owens.

Authorities with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation are investigating the death of an incarcerated ...

Survivors and advocates continue to call for support in urging the Missouri Department of Corrections Board and Parole to ...

MOOSE LAKE, Minn. — A 39-year-old inmate at a correctional facility in Moose Lake died on Tuesday morning. A cellmate ...

Two officers were stabbed by inmates, the Department of Correction said, and three more were injured Wednesday evening.

A legislative committee meeting Tuesday heated up when lawmakers discussed a $1.5 billion medical contract for the Arkansas ...

The South Dakota Department of Corrections (DOC) says it will not respond to questions on why it locked down two of its three ...

On Thursday, the Arkansas Board of Corrections voted to take over two county correctional facilities in its continuing effort ...

The Corrections Department acquiesced to the Aug. 9 ruling, saying it is in line with its plan to close Stateville this month ...