The Supreme Court heard oral argument on Nov. 2 in Maxwell v. Dinis about whether a federal inmate may use a habeas statute, ...

It could take months for an Elgin high School student to walk again, and the search is on for the hit-and-run driver who ...

The outgoing governor's plan to remove the threat of capital punishment hanging over more than 500 condemned inmates comes as ...

RUSSELL Brand was “petrified” tonight after being whisked to a high security jail after his rape and sexual assault ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom has commuted the death sentences of 548 inmates, meaning they will now serve life in prison ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom commuted all California death sentences on Thursday, declaring that “state-sanctioned killing is ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom commuted all California death sentences on Thursday, declaring that “state-sanctioned killing is ...

UPDATE: The Sumter County Sheriff's Office says Joseph Brown was captured near County Road 675 late Sunday night. Original story below: BUSHNELL, Fla. — An inmate has escaped from the Sumter County ...

The Westmoreland County Prison Board discussed inmate statistics amid a massive leadership overhaul. Interim Warden Ben Carrillo delivered reports Oct. 26, about two months after taking over for the ...

As Newsom commutes California's death sentences, here's a look at where condemned inmates came from across the state.

Gov. Gavin Newsom, in one of his last acts, commuted the sentences of all prisoners with death sentences, calling capital ...