The mass exodus came after guards refused to let inmates out of their cells on the grounds that the jail was perilously ...

A man with previous addresses in both Pike and Floyd counties listed in court documents has been sentenced to serve 33 years in prison related to a federal fentanyl and ...

Many of the defendants are accused of directing the operation from inside Georgia state prisons using contraband cell phones. Both state and local law enforcement agencies were involved in the ...

Things worsened as the man who had been driving while under the influence fled the scene of the crash on foot. He was to ...

In light of a troubling surge in incidents where prison staff have fallen seriously ill after exposure to inmates suspected of drug overdoses — most recently at Lakeview Correctional Facility on ...

Defense and prosecution attorneys returned to court Friday for a hearing about evidence and a disputed expert hired by Karen Read's team.

A state lawmaker said he was joining an open records lawsuit planned to be filed by the family of an inmate who died in September 2024 while incarcerated at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in. State ...

The Jinx' director Andrew Jarecki exposes shocking conditions in Alabama's prisons in the Sundance premiere documentary 'The Alabama Solution.' ...

"This could mean life or death and she has not received a death penalty as her sentence," one of the women's family members wrote.

After two years behind bars, the 23-year-old man will spend at least six more years in prison in a plea deal that accounted ...

Sen. Bryan King (R-Green Forest) introduced a public safety plan to renew the focus on the safety of Arkansans. King cited ...

"The Alabama Solution," which screened at the Sundance Film Festival, is a documentary about abuses in the Alabama prison ...