An inmate died Monday following a fight involving multiple prisoners at the United States Penitentiary McCreary.

A man who has served more than three decades in an Alabama prison has been charged in the 1996 abduction and strangulation murder of a 7-year-old girl Kentucky. Robert Scott Froberg, 61, is charged ...

But since Aug. 31, one Kentucky facility — the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex in West Liberty — has reached half that total, with three homicides in a span of just over four months.

Shelby County is suing the Tennessee Department of Corrections for refusing to pay for state inmates housed in county facilities. Housing these inmates has cost the county an estimated $127 million ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. FORT MADISON — Two Iowa prison inmates have been charged with attempted murder and another felony ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shelby County’s mayor says the state is not paying its fair share to house almost 1,000 state inmates in the county, and the county has taken the matter to the state Claims Commission ...

CASSVILLE, Mo. (KY3) - Like any student, Matthew Henson has some subjects he prefers more than others. “Probably science and history,” he said, “but I’m really focusing on my reading.” He’s taking ...

FORT MADISON, Iowa — Two Iowa State Penitentiary inmates are facing charges after allegedly assaulting two prison employees. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) filed criminal charges ...

KY3's Chad Plein breaks down the high school basketball district action and looks at state wrestling happening in Columbia. Pace Industries plans to close its Harrison plant around the end of April, ...

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - Counties across Kentucky say they are covering too much of the cost when housing state inmates, prompting new legislation aimed at changing the reimbursement system. When ...