Attorneys for an Alabama inmate facing execution by nitrogen gas are asking a federal judge to block the upcoming execution.

Claim against NY corrections officials alleges civil rights abuses in the "beating death" of Robert L. Brooks at Marcy ...

The Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center is violating detainees' federally protected civil rights by turning a blind eye to ...

The family of an inmate who died after a beating at a Utica-area prison has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit.

The son of an inmate who died after a prolonged beating by New York prison guards said in a federal lawsuit Wednesday that ...

The work done by prisoners to prevent and contain fires is just as valuable as that of other responders. But unlike their ...

An inmate who had been convicted of murder has died after he was found to have contracted an illness inside a Kansas prison.

A report found up to 70% of guard positions were unfilled at some prisons. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has a 26% ...

There are many career opportunities within the Indiana Department of Corrections and a program is helping current employees ...

South Carolina killer mom Susan Smith told an unknown male caller that she "wouldn't talk" to the media weeks before she was ...