Georgia has opened a new 30‑bed “Operation New Hope” unit in Columbus to help transition forensic patients back into the community and reduce jail waitlists.

Irene Schroeder, 22, was executed at Rockview for the killing of a corporal in what has since become the Pennsylvania State ...

A Union County jury in Monroe today, found 42-year-old Maurice Lamon Stitt guilty of a slate of child-sex offenses, including ...

Ashley Strasbourg was sentenced to five years after pleading guilty to charges linked to the August 2025 stabbing of Xander ...

The mother of a 14-year-old Boone County girl who was found dead in a "skeletal state" was sentenced to prison Wednesday.

A Monongalia County man was sentenced to nearly three years in federal prison for illegally possessing firearms, according to the U.S. attorney’s office for the Northern ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Workers and inmates at Coastal State Prison are reporting what they call a human rights crisis, echoing findings from a federal investigation into Georgia’s prison system. A ...

The Iowa Court of Appeals has ruled that the daughter of Lorena Schulte, a nurse killed during an attempted escape at Anamosa State Penitentiary, can continue her lawsuit against the state.

BISMARCK, N.D. (Valley News Live) - The North Dakota State Penitentiary has canceled in-person visitation until further notice following an inmate assault Saturday morning. The North Dakota Department ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — In-person visitation at the state penitentiary has been canceled until further notice, the North Dakota Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation announced just before noon. The ...

FORT MADISON, Iowa (KTIV) - Two inmates are now facing criminal charges after a stabbing took place at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison, Iowa. On Friday, Feb. 6, 29-year-old Dennis Lawson ...

LOT OF PEOPLE. JODI. THAT’S ALWAYS A GOOD REMINDER. KAYLA. THANK YOU. WELL, A PAIR OF INMATES ARE CHARGED AFTER A VIOLENT ATTACK INSIDE AN IOWA PRISON. 29 YEAR OLD DENNIS LAWSON AND 23 YEAR OLD ...