Mississippi has 37 death row inmates and all but one are men. Richard Gerald Jordan, 79, is the longest-serving death row ...

At a June 10 meeting, Fort Bend County commissioners approved a memorandum of understanding with Colorado County to house ...

On Tuesday, Sheriff Andre Brunson confirmed to WSFA 12 News that his jail is “uninhabitable” and that it’s been closed for ...

A man pleaded guilty to federal sex trafficking charges in a scheme in which prosecutors said he bonded women out of county ...

An investigation continues into missing documents and paperwork from a former correctional facility employee, and Sheriff ...

A corrections officer and three inmates were charged for distributing drugs at the Monroe County Jail, Sheriff Jones said.

For those who have waited decades for the state to carry out the death sentence Jordan first received in 1976, Jordan’s execution is long overdue. Jordan was sentenced to death for the Jan. 11, 1976, ...

STARKE, Fla. – A man convicted of raping and killing a woman near a central Florida bar is scheduled to be executed Tuesday.

100 years ago ...

The Arkansas State Police are investigating the death of an inmate at the Crittenden County Jail, according to the Crittenden ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday decided to consider a case in which a Rastafarian inmate is suing intake officers for shaving his dreadlocks in violation ...