Five defendants in five separate cases were sentenced to a combined 870 months in federal prison on Oct. 7 by U.S. District ...

An inmate serving life for murder died over the weekend at William Donaldson Correctional Facility in western Jefferson ...

Update, 9/23/2026: In a statement to the Observer after this article’s original publication, a TDCJ spokesperson said the department “respectfully disagrees” with Pittman’s ruling of deliberate ...

California corrections officials are investigating the killing of a 43-year-old incarcerated man who was allegedly attacked by two other prisoners with an improvised weapon at Salinas Valley State ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is investigating the homicide of an inmate that occurred Monday at Salinas Valley State Prison. CDCR said correctional staff were alerted at ...

The lack of air-conditioning in most of the state’s prisons violates the U.S. Constitution, the judge ruled. He ordered the state to cool all of its lockups by the end of 2029. By Pooja Salhotra Texas ...

WAKULLA, Fla. (WCTV) - While some counties are still deciding whether they want moratoriums in place, Wakulla County leaders took a permanent stance against data centers Monday night. The Wakulla ...

A group of prisoners are suspected of working together to kill a fellow inmate at Pelican Bay State Prison, located in the northwest corner of California, on Sept. 17, according to the California ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is investigating the death of an inmate at Pelican Bay State Prison as a homicide. On Thursday evening, staff responded to a medical ...

An inmate at a Nevada women’s prison sued the Department of Corrections, corrections officials and officers tasked with monitoring the facility Wednesday after she alleged her cellmate — already ...