CHEROKEE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Cherokee County authorities are on high alert after an inmate escaped from 9554 US Hwy 19 in ...

A Salinas Valley State Prison inmate has been sentenced to 45 years to life in prison for the 2018 stabbing death of a fellow inmate, the Monterey County District Attorney's Office announced.

The California Board of Parole Hearings (BPH) has granted parole to Maricruz Galaviz, a convicted murderer who has served approximately 20 years in prison.

A Salinas Valley State Prison inmate has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a fellow inmate, per Monterey ...

Corrections officers from both Mid-State and Marcy correctional facilities are already facing charges in beating deaths in December and January.

The execution on Friday marked the second time a South Carolina inmate has been put to death by firing squad in the past five weeks and the fifth execution overall in the state over the past eight ...

South Carolinians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, advocates against the death penalty, say while they are fighting for the rights of inmates, they understand the pain victims’ families ...

South Carolina kills inmate Mikal Mahdi by firing squad in state’s second execution in a hail of bullets in 5 weeks COLUMBIA, S.C. -- South Carolina kills inmate Mikal Mahdi by firing squad in ...

The Hearst Foundations has awarded Washington State University with a $150,000 grant.

The inmate, Mikal Mahdi, 41, was declared dead shortly after 6 p.m. after a firing squad shot three bullets at a target placed over his heart, the State Department of Corrections said. A judge had ...