No other place in the world incarcerates women at a higher rate than South Dakota, according to research by a prison-focused ...

Torry Barker, a formerly convicted felon who spent 20 years behind bars in Alabama’s tough prisons, was released in September ...

YORK, Pa. — Daniel Walton, 44, was sentenced today after being found guilty in August for raping a 16-year-old girl ...

Sebastian Flores-Huamani, a 24-year-old Mays Landing resident, was charged with second-degree sexual assault and ...

A jury has sentenced a North Carolina man in what law enforcement is calling thelargest meth bust 'in Cherokee County history.'In July of 2022 the Cherokee Cou ...

Nurses and guards in Oneida County, N.Y., cracked wise and complained about poor equipment as Antwan Cater lay unconscious in a drug-induced seizure. His father has filed a lawsuit in the case. By ...

ALFRED, Maine (WMTW) - Three people who worked as corrections officers at the York County Jail and an inmate at the Maine facility have been indicted on misdemeanor charges in connection with an ...

High-ranking inmates known as trusties were ordered to do guards’ bidding, former inmates and guards said, and the culture of violence in the jail went straight to the top. By Brian HoweyMukta Joshi ...

Two inmates have been executed an hour apart during what's expected to be the single busiest month for the death penalty in the U.S. in nearly 15 years. Florida executed Samuel Lee Smithers on Tuesday ...

A Rockingham County deputy is facing sex crimes, according to officials with the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office.Officials said they received reports of sexual activity involving a deputy and a ...

The assaults happened on Monday, Oct. 27, at Green Haven Correctional Facility in Stormville, according to the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association. The first assault ...