A man who escaped a Puerto Rican prison nearly 40 years ago was taken into custody in Florida, according to the Lee County ...

Whetstone, 71, was serving a life sentence for capital murder at the Mississippi State Penitentiary. This is not Whetstone's first escape from prison, as he previously escaped from the Sunflower ...

Research shows that many inmates serving long-term or life sentences continue to cause trouble even behind bars. A University ...

Dive into the dark world of prison violence as we explore chilling cases of murderers who committed additional killings while ...

Richard Jordan has been on Mississippi's death row for 47 years. He is now asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review his case.

Nine prisoners have walked free after evidence presented by members of a forensics team turned out to be wrong — yet one man ...

Pearl River County deputies arrested a Contract Kitchen employee for allegedly bringing contraband in the jail and ...

However, the state already has entered partnership agreements with Mississippi and Philips county jails in September 2024. As of Feb. 12, the Department of Corrections was experiencing a delay in ...

Columbia, South Carolina (CNN) — A convicted double murderer has been executed by firing squad – the first such execution in ...

JUST INTO THE NEWSROOM, THE MAN ACCUSED OF A DEADLY KIDNAPING AND MURDER IS IN FEDERAL COURT IN NEW ORLEANS RIGHT NOW. A JUDGE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT HE’S COMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL. WDSU ...

The car was then searched, and three vape pens were found, police say; one was in the driver's possession, one in the center console, and one in a bag between Craver’s legs. Two of the vapes tested ...

Idaho ’s governor signed into law a bill Wednesday making the firing squad the state’s primary method of execution. Joan ...