Alabama has set an execution date for an inmate who dropped his appeals this summer and asked to be put to death.

A contract security officer at Donaldson Correctional Facility was arrested on Wednesday following a narcotics investigation.

CRESSON — Cambria County Prison Capt. Kurt Wolford will soon follow in his father’s footsteps after county commissioners approved his transfer to serve as the Cambria County Prison’s warden, starting ...

FILE - This image provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections shows Alabama death row inmate Robin “Rocky” Myers who was convicted in the 1991 killing of his neighbor, Ludie Mae Tucker.

Activists say an Alabama teenager's incarceration in an adult jail violates federal and state laws that require inmates who are minors to be separated from adults ...

Sigmon was strapped to a specially made chair and had a hood over his head while three volunteer corrections staffers aimed ...

The Alabama House of Representatives approved the enhancement of punishments for immigrants in the U.S. illegally who are ...

Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman said he has leaned on what he's learned through Buddhism to help him improve his life, ...

As South Carolina prepares to execute a man by firing squad on Friday, here are the ways each state conducts capital punishment.

Hours after the nation’s first execution by nitrogen gas in January last year, Alabama’s attorney general urged other states to also develop it as a method for carrying out death sentences. Now, some ...

Louisiana officials have unsealed a redacted version of the state’s execution protocol for nitrogen hypoxia, providing the ...

A South Carolina inmate is set to die by firing squad Friday, a rare execution method in the United States that experts say more places may turn to.