A new location of Southeast Technical College will open on at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls. The South ...

Today, Texas executes inmates using a lethal injection of Pentobarbital, a sedative sometimes used to control seizures. All ...

A man in Texas is due on Thursday to become the first executed in the United States for murder attributed to shaken baby ...

While authorities confirm members of the Venezuelan prison gang have been active in Houston, it's "too soon to tell" how big ...

The South Dakota Department of Corrections says it will rebuild three sweat lodges dismantled during a weekslong lockdown at ...

An autistic man whose murder conviction was based on a questionable diagnosis of "shaken baby syndrome" is to be executed in ...

Learn more about Prohibition-era gangster Al Capone's stay at Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary, now a landmark that hosts tours and haunted houses.

Robert Roberson was convicted of killing his two-year-old daughter in a case that relied on a disputed diagnosis of shaken ...

Idaho prison officials will attempt to execute the state’s longest-serving death row inmate next month using new protocols ...

According to the Death Penalty Information Center, more than 200 people on death row have been exonerated since 1973. A flawed system, a shadow of doubt, and still the executions mount.

During the open house, people had the opportunity to tour the property, which sits next to the Missouri State Penitentiary.

Jefferson City officials hosted an open house meeting free to the public for residents to visit the site at the Missouri ...