At least 153 women are believed to have died and as many as 132 were said to have been burned to death as some 4,000 male inmates broke out of the Munzenze prison in Goma during an assault on the ...

Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a new trial for Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma death row inmate who was joined in his bid to have his conviction thrown out by the state's ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with an Oklahoma death row inmate who claimed alongside the state itself that his trial was unfair, ordering a new trial and staving off his execution.

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave an Oklahoma death row inmate a new chance to prove his innocence, siding with both his lawyers and the state who said Richard Glossip did not get a ...

WASHINGTON – A federal judge has blocked the Justice Department from transferring 12 transgender female inmates to male prisons in a setback for President Donald Trump’s executive orders ...

A federal judge in the District of Columbia Monday issued a temporary restraining order halting the Trump administration's plans to move transgender inmates to facilities corresponding to their ...

A 61-year-old inmate died over the weekend at one of the New York prisons where National Guard troops were deployed to replace corrections officers who walked off the job in an illegal strike.

He was the oldest of the 57 inmates on death row as the state weighed resuming executions after a 15-year pause, CBS affiliate WWL-TV reported. Sepulvado was charged with the 1992 killing of his 6 ...

By Jay Root and Jan Ransom An inmate at a New York State prison was pronounced dead on Saturday after being found unresponsive in his cell, state officials said. The inmate, Jonathan Grant ...

Former inmates at Estrella Jail reveal how drugs get smuggled in despite security measures. The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office says they plan to install x-ray scanners to stop the flow of drugs.

Authorities say they are searching for two inmates who escaped from Beaver Creek Institution in Gravenhurst, Ont., including a convicted murderer serving an indeterminate sentence. In a release ...

The Uttar Pradesh jail administration is making arrangements to bring holy water from Prayagraj’s Sangam to 75 jails across the State, allowing inmates to participate in the Maha Kumbh.