Faced with more immediate funding needs, state officials haven’t asked for more money for rehabilitation programs, such as ...

Texas will put to death on Wednesday a man convicted of the brutal 2011 killing of a Dallas-area pastor in his own church ...

Nelson, 37, was put to death by lethal injection for smothering Clint Dobson, a 28-year-old pastor and husband, during a ...

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland lawmakers are divided on whether to clear the path for elderly and seriously ill inmates to more easily seek early release from prison. Those backing a set of proposed ...

Justice Department attorney John Robinson said prison officials have “broad discretion” to decide where to place inmates. Moving the women to a men's prison would jeopardize their safety and ...

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing its anti-trans prison ... men’s facilities and prohibits the Bureau of Prisons from providing gender-affirming care to inmates.

A Reagan-appointed federal judge temporarily stopped the Trump administration from moving three male inmates out of women’s prison facilities on Tuesday in part because they don’t “present ...

Justice Department attorney John Robinson said prison officials have “broad discretion” to decide where to place inmates. Moving the women to a men’s prison would jeopardize their safety and ...

By Shaila Dewan A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Bureau of Prisons from enacting President Trump’s executive order to house transgender women with male inmates ...