For pregnant women who are spending time in prison, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice maintains specialty programs and ...

New allegations are detailed in a lawsuit claiming a Houston man was beaten to death by guards in a private Louisiana jail.

Nearly 40,000 prisoners in England and Wales have been granted early release under the government’s scheme to tackle ...

Nearly 40,000 prisoners in England and Wales have been let out of jail under the Government’s early release scheme to tackle overcrowding in prisons, figures show. Some 38,042 inmates had been freed ...

Amos Nyanway, a 25-year-old officer with the Travis County Sheriff's Office in Austin, was booked on a misdemeanor charge of ...

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If unclaimed after an execution, the state pays for cremation or burial, and the remains are buried at the Captain Joe Byrd ...

The busiest death chamber in the country is located inside the maximum-security prison in Huntsville, Texas, known as the ...

Separated from the general prison population, Texas death row inmates spend at least 22 hours a day alone in their cells.

The conditions inside the prison Josh Duggar currently resides in are reportedly “inhumane,” according to a new report from ...

Prison consultant Sam Mangel reveals on the Daily Beast Podcast that a unique blackout is hushing up every detail about ...