That amount didn't include funding for salaries of correction officers, which he said rank among the lowest for its size in ...

Sounding as desperate as he ever has since being appointed four years ago, Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) Secretary ...

Florida on Tuesday executed a 72-year-old man for the 1996 murders of two women, as the state continues its record pace of ...

The fundamental human rights of Florida’s prison population could get a boost if a newly filed bill is adopted. Tamarac ...

The Illinois Department of Corrections has begun scanning prison inmates mail, but lawmakers are not happy with delays in the ...

Missouri on Tuesday executed its first death-row inmate of this year, killing Lance Shockley for the 2005 murder of a state ...

A woman who made national headlines when she became pregnant while behind bars in Miami-Dade was found guilty Thursday of ...

A Missouri man who long maintained his innocence has been executed for the fatal shooting of a state trooper more than 20 ...

The longest-serving inmate on death row in South Carolina died of natural causes, according to the South Carolina Department ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Donna Adelson is already on her way to state prison following her sentencing Monday. Circuit Judge ...

A Miami-Dade woman who once made national headlines for becoming pregnant while behind bars was expected to take the stand Wednesday at her trial where she’s accused of killing her husband.

A Mississippi man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 20-year-old community college student was put to death ...