Five inmates at the Central Maryland Correctional Facility in Sykesville have been convicted in two separate stabbings at the ...

When the state of Illinois shut down the century-old, maximum-security prison last year, nearly four of every five inmates ended up being sent to less-secure sites, The Associated Press found.

Shawn Smith-Brearey pleaded guilty to murder on Nov. 19 and was sentenced on Feb. 13 to the maximum punishment of 50 years ...

Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois' decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were ...

SAN ANTONIO - The Bexar County Sheriff's Office has given an update regarding the status of the jail and its most recent ...

A Barton man who was charged last week with assaulting Sayre police officers attempted to escape from prison and take his own life on Saturday after being arrested the previous ...

The condemned had also confessed to the murders of two teenage girls who worked at the club, Tiffany Dotson, 18, and Amanda Benefield, 16. He was indicted for both killings but never tried.

A Shreveport man has turned himself in to Caddo Correctional Center because of warrants for a terrible crime. 54-year-old ...