Authorities in the South Bay have released the identities of three Santa Clara County jail inmates charged in the murder and torture of another inmate.

Steve Coleman was kept for 21 months after his parole date because the state could not find a nursing home placement.

Two current inmates at the Oklahoma County Detention Center have been charged with murder for the overdose death of another inmate in January.

It's common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated ...

A Pittsburgh man who was federally charged with sex trafficking crimes will spend time in prison. Eric Jefferson, 41, of ...

United States President Donald Trump has ordered federal prisons to transfer inmates who are transgender women to men’s facilities and stop medical treatments related to gender transition.

Rhonda Fleming, a female inmate in Texas, welcomed the decision after her failed legal battle to exclude trans women from women’s prisons, citing fears for her safety. Fleming claimed some male ...

In his latest assault on transgender Americans, President Donald Trump has ordered federal prisons to house transgender women in men’s facilities ... for trans women inmates to cease, ordering ...

Is Texas in a 'reckoning' over the death penalty? Nelson's execution approaches on the heels of a blizzard of media attention and political advocacy on behalf of another Texas death row inmate ...