Attorneys for Tennessee death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols are asking the governor to convert his sentence to life ...

California prison officials are investigating a riot involving about 20 inmates that broke out Monday morning at California ...

A 38-year-old man died while incarcerated in Pennsylvania, officials announced on Monday, Nov. 10.The man was brought into ...

The inmate killed in a "brutal attack" inside Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt early Tuesday morning was described ...

Maryland State Police are investigating the death of an incarcerated man at the Eastern Correctional Institution in Somerset ...

A Seattle man who had previously been sentenced to life in prison without parole is now accused of the 1994 murder of Tanya ...

Alex Mercado was allegedly attacked in the exercise yard of Calipatria State Prison by other two inmates - Eric Gonzalez and ...

A father who raped his own three-year-old daughter has demanded to be placed in a women’s prison in Tasmania, prompting the ...

Most people who die in prison die alone. Programs like the one at California Medical Facility aim to prevent that.

The Supreme Court on Monday wrestled with whether a former Louisiana inmate can sue prison officials who cut off his ...