Convicted rapist and murderer Jessie Hoffman became the first death row inmate in Louisiana, and only the fifth in the United States, to be executed using nitrogen gas on Tuesday.

MEANWHILE, NEW DETAILS ON AN UPSTATE DEATH ROW INMATES CASE. STEVEN BIXBY IS SCHEDULED FOR A STATUS HEARING. HE WAS CONVICTED OF KILLING TWO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. BIXBY WILL BE PRESENT AT THE ...

Danielle Alexandra Lucas pleaded guilty to second-degree custodial sexual misconduct after having an inappropriate relationship with with an inmate at the Washington Corrections Center for Women ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A Wake County detention officer was arrested Tuesday for allegedly supplying drugs to inmates, the sheriff's office said. Deputies arrested Devin Williams, 33, during his ...

After a five-year reprieve from executions after errors were revealed in the previous protocol, on March 3 the Tennessee Supreme Court ordered the execution of four death row inmates beginning in May.

A suspect being sought in a McCreary County stabbing was apprehended Sunday in Pulaski after a pursuit. William Hobert Shadoan, 51, of Whitley City, is charged in the McCreary County stabbing ...

Monroe County authorities have arrested Jail Officer Chandler Sheffield, 22, following an investigation into an alleged inappropriate relationship with a female inmate. (Photo: Monroe County ...

Nevada prosecutors say 20 people have been charged in connection with a brawl at a maximum-security prison in eastern Nevada last year in which three inmates were killed and others were injured.

Four sheriff’s deputies at Men’s Central Jail were attacked Sunday by a group of inmates armed with a shank, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials and two sources ...

A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department custody assistant pleaded no contest to committing sex crimes against an inmate in a Lancaster jail cell in 2019. The district attorney announced ...