The Oklahoma County jail trust isn't letting a pending lawsuit over the claim of "superior sovereignty" over Oklahoma City ...

A task force seeking a “Nebraska way” to reduce prison overcrowding and avoid repeat crimes calls for a “deeper dive” into ...

John Pownall, 57, was being held at the hospital in New Hampshire until he was stable enough to return to jail.

Jay Inslee’s proposal to move offenders convicted of crimes as juveniles into a former adult prison facility is raising questions and concerns. Inslee said on Monday that due to juveniles committing ...

The Winnebago County Public Safety Building in downtown Rockford will undergo a $32 million redevelopment to modernize the ...

A new jail is in the works for Aroostook County. In this next segment of Zooming in with the Governor, NewsSource 8′s Rothery ...

The demolition project at the former SCI Greensburg state prison got a $2 million boost from the state Redevelopment ...

A Massachusetts man who spent 27 years in jail for a murder he claims that he didn't commit has been awarded $13 million by a ...

DEET, the active ingredient in insect repellent, can be sprayed on paper and then eaten or smoked, producing a high, ...

A 56-year-old Omaha man serving a lengthy sentence for a crash that left a young girl paralyzed died Thursday at the Nebraska ...

The basement of a university building was transformed into a makeshift prison. Some of the young men were assigned to be prisoners; the others became guards. The study turned dark almost ...

Police said Adam E. Ball, 38, and Bradley E. Cornwell, 40, fled Blackburn Correctional Complex in a water truck on Nov. 3. Ball is now in custody at the Fayette County Detention Center, and ...