As someone who has studied execution methods in the U.S., I see the resumption of death by firing squad as part of a morbid ...

Since 1973, 4% of death row inmates are now exonerees, but that doesn’t tell you anything about how many people with ...

A California parole board denied granting freedom this week for a man who helped a serial killer murder a woman in Burlingame four decades ago. Inmate Michael Anthony ...

Ramos pleaded guilty to killing Sacramento police rookie Tara O’Sullivan, but a prior jury deadlocked on whether he should be ...

To say Markelle Taylor is running from his past, isn’t exactly correct. Maybe you’d say he’s running with it. Except now, ...

Lawrence Taylor, 44, formerly of Akron, Ohio, and a current inmate of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, has been sentenced to life in federal prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder.

Utica, N.Y. — Nine New York state prison guards were arraigned Thursday on murder and other charges in the fatal beating of an inmate two months ago in a Central New York prison. The charges ...

It was not clear what led to the tensions that escalated between inmates and corrections officers, but prison staff deemed conditions were unsafe and pulled staff back into a visitors' area ...

The newest riot came about a week after the Collins Correctional Facility in Erie County was locked down following an inmate uprising. AP The prison staff decided the situation was getting out-of ...

Shrider had also said inmates who escape can be subject to a review of their security classification or additional charges. Wednesday's escape marks the second at the prison since January ...

UTICA, N.Y. — Six New York prison workers have been indicted for second-degree murder in the beating death of an inmate who was handcuffed, while four others were charged with lesser crimes.

A prison officer who kissed and sat on the lap of an inmate she was in a relationship with has been jailed for a year. Toni Cole, 29, shared 4,431 texts and calls with a 28-year prisoner at HMP ...