The sound of electricity sizzling and crackling broke the silence. To me, it looked like the electric chair was officially back in the prisons.

Officials at an Anderson County prison say water service has been fixed after families of inmates raised concerns.

A man receives the maximum sentence for Sexual Assault of a Child after pleading guilty in Grimes County. The Grimes County District Attorney’s Office ...

Over 2,000 additional bed spaces were announced this week, as the agency seeks to ramp up enforcement efforts.

At around the same time, a Red Cross convoy carrying several dozen released Palestinian prisoners left Israel’s Ofer prison headed for the West Bank town of Beitunia, where hundreds of well ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis is responding well to therapy for double pneumonia and has shown a “gradual, slight improvement” in recent days. Prosecutors say a 15-year-old boy planned to kill ...

South Korea’s president is fighting to stay in office and out of prison after martial law fiasco. Here’s what happens next By Mike Valerio , Gawon Bae and Yoonjung Seo , CNN ...

It also helps TDCJ cut down on the number of inmates using drugs in prison. "Now they walk with their head up, now they know that they have different tools to use and so then it just continues to ...

Texas Department of Criminal Justice, via Associated Press Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. appeared skeptical that DNA testing would change the outcome. “The DNA can’t show he wasn’t there ...

HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii man who spent 30 years in prison for a murder he long denied committing declared the day “Freedom Friday” and said he was eager to visit his mother after a judge ...

Earlier on Friday, the government said spiking will now be its own offence with a possible 10-year prison sentence as part of the Crime and Policing Bill, which will be introduced in parliament ...

SAN ANTONIO - A suspect has been sentenced to prison after opening fire ... half of his 50 years sentenced in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice before being allowed to seek parole.