ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A new report by the Orange County Corrections Department Research Unit showcasing the county facility's “Average Daily Population with ICE Detainers” found that the number of ...

In May, 10 inmates escaped from a jail in New Orleans, highlighting the facility’s chronic problems. Derrick Groves was at ...

A state law shields its source of pentobarbital, the sedative used in lethal injections. But documents reviewed by NBC News ...

Texas and Alabama have executed death row inmates within minutes of each other, one for killing a 13-month-old baby during an "exorcism" and the other for shooting a mother of two in the head during a ...

Livingston, Texas (CNN) — A Texas court has again granted a stay of execution to death row inmate Robert Roberson, who has long claimed he is innocent in the murder of his 2-year-old daughter Nikki ...

(CNN) — The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday granted a stay of execution to death row inmate Robert Roberson, who has long claimed he is innocent in the murder of his 2-year-old daughter ...

An inmate died after a fire started inside his prison cell, and now two guards are facing charges, Texas officials say. The inmate, whom officials have not publicly identified, was discovered ...

Former state Correction Officer David Kingsley II is charged with murder and manslaughter in the beating death of Robert L. Brooks. He rejected a plea agreement and is one of three former officers ...

THIS MORNING. WANT YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THIS MAN ON YOUR SCREEN HERE. AUTHORITIES TELLING US PHILLIP DEASON ESCAPED FROM A NORTH ALABAMA WORK RELEASE. THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS SAID HE WAS ...