Approximately 150 female inmates were transferred from the Dayton Correctional Institution recently as the facility grapples ...

Discover the bizarre final meal requests of US death row inmates, from a 29,000 calorie feast to a generous act of kindness.

Billy Kearse, on Florida's death row for the 1991 murder of Fort Pierce Police Officer Danny Parrish, was executed by lethal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Idaho death row prisoner died in custody Monday evening of natural causes while at a local hospital, the state prison system ...

Short stories, poetry and think pieces Joesph Patri Brown has written while incarcerated have been collected in a book called ...

The largest number of death row inmates is in California. Right now, there are an estimated 580 inmates (including 18 women) in California awaiting execution, although there has not been an execution ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from transferring 20 inmates with commuted death sentences to the nation’s highest security federal prison. U.S.

James Duckett, a former Central Florida police officer, is set for execution for the 1987 murder of 11-year-old Teresa Mae ...

A Georgia inmate's clemency petition can still be decided by a partial State Board of Pardons and Paroles, an Atlanta judge ...

According to the information brought before the Committee, the number of women in pretrial detention in Mexico increased by 10.3% in the first six months of 2020, compared with the increase of 1.9% ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the death warrant for Michael King, convicted in the 2008 murder of Denise Amber Lee.

City leaders and stakeholders have begun soliciting input and considering options but recognize that years of planning lie ...