Paul Scott, who murdered Boca Raton florist James Alessi, was sentenced to death in 1979. He has survived five death warrants ...

The Supreme Court denied Baltimore County’s request to consider whether it must pay inmates minimum and overtime wages for ...

Beaufort County’s sheriff shared new details Monday about a fire that broke out in the county jail last month, temporarily relocating inmates.During Monday's co ...

Paul Scott, convicted of murder in Palm Beach County, is one of the longest-serving inmates on Florida's death row. Only three Palm Beach County men have been executed since the reinstatement of ...

After a sometimes raucous discussion, the Adams County Board of Supervisors chose a delegation of two supervisors, Adams ...

Scott Howard, longtime sheriff for sprawling Powell County, was remembered as a gifted investigator and interrogator and a ...

A former state prison sergeant has been convicted in the assault of an inmate with a baton. A Jefferson County Bessemer Cutoff ... by Birmingham attorney Scott Morro. Morro said Binder was wrongly ...

More than 20 years into his incarceration, criminal justice reform advocates say Carter is among roughly 1,200 people in prison in Illinois who, under legislation being considered in Springfield, ...

Michigan sheriffs discuss their role in federal immigration enforcement, with some open to housing ICE detainees but few ...

The DOC says its care conforms to "professional and community standards." But by the time Terry Jackson was scheduled for ...