Indiana lawmakers attempted to pass legislation that would allow the state execute people via gas chambers and firing squads.

OFF THE ROAD AND INTO THE HOUSE. AND THIS IS ALSO BREAKING TONIGHT IN MIDDLETON A FIRE AT THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION. THE ESSEX COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS THAT THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL EXPLOSION IN ONE OF THE ...

A Department of Detention and Corrections deputy has been arrested for allegedly assaulting an inmate who was being treated at a hospital, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office.

The Nevada Department of Corrections on Thursday announced the deaths of two inmates at Northern Nevada prisons. According to a news release, William Johnson, 62, died at Lovelock Correctional Center ...

An autopsy of Richard Djerf, the most recent inmate executed by the state, showed the medical staff of the Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry ran into trouble in properly laying IV ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Wild Horse Program at Hutchinson Correctional Facility will end next month, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections. Minimum-custody inmates cared for and trained ...

Fighting that broke out at a Georgia state prison over the weekend left three inmates dead and injured a corrections officer and 13 more inmates, the Georgia Department of Corrections said Monday. The ...

Three inmates were killed and a corrections officer and several other inmates were injured when a fight broke out Sunday at a state prison in Georgia, according to local police.The fight that started ...