Jeffrey Duncan becomes warden of Wilkes Correctional Center after a career ascent from correctional officer to associate ...

Inside North Carolina prisons, 13 inmates killed themselves last year. Three more died in January. State officials say they ...

A former South Carolina Department of Corrections Captain was arrested on Feb. 5, charged with misconduct in office for distributing confidential information.

He had spent more than half of his life on death row. Marion Bowman, Jr. [AP Photo/South Carolina Department of Corrections] Bowman’s was the first US execution of 2025 and the third in South ...

Teen pleads guilty to murder: A teenager admitted Thursday that he fatally shot 15-year-old Alexcia “Lexi” Lynch last summer ...

A North Carolina judge has ruled that racial bias tainted jury selection and sentencing in the trial of a Black inmate who ...

Coretz (D-NY) suggested that DOGE chief Elon Musk was responsible for fentanyl deaths after he "ordered" Republicans to cut ...

Tabor Correctional Institution has been recommended for accreditation by a national nonprofit after showing that it met the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The South Carolina Department of Corrections shares details after carrying out the execution of of Marion ...

Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) held a news conference outside the United States Agency for International Development headquarters and ...

Many body cameras have a feature that continuously records hours of video and, in some cases, audio, even if the officer hasn’t turned on the camera — a feature that serves as a fail-safe measure.

The proposed legislation is the result of a resolution that forced the state to study ways to improve reentry programs for ...