The proposal to close five state prisons as part of the upcoming state budget has local and state lawmakers deeply concerned ...

The Justice Department will seek the death penalty against a man accused of killing a fellow inmate at the federal government ...

Brooks at Marcy Correctional Facility, which is next door to the Mid-State prison, according to two people briefed on the matter. Advertisement Article continues below this ad The federal reviews ...

Blair County may not yet have a site for its proposed prison, but as of Thursday, commissioners have designated an architectural firm to design the facility. Commissioners Dave Kessling, Amy Webster ...

Between the ages of 14 and 17, Mikal spent over 1,800 hours in solitary confinement in Virginia — more than 75 days. At that ...

Seven correctional staff at the New Boston state prison were arrested on Wednesday after allegedly engaging in organized ...

Nicholas D'Agostino, 22, kept his head bowed through most of the hearing as the family of Yusuf Staine described how the ...

Paul Kendrick, then 22, killed Baserman, 60, of Johnstown, and injured correctional officer William McDowell, then 40, of ...

After three hours of deliberation, a jury has handed down the death penalty to Paul Kendrick. Kendrick is the second ...

Arguments began Monday morning in Somerset County court for convicted killer Paul Kendrick, as the jury will decide whether or not it should be recommended that ...

Somerset County jurors begin deliberations in inmate's death penalty trial ; Deliberations to begin Thursday in Kendrick case; testimony focuses on inmate's behavior ; Inmate's pa ...