The case centered around a correction officer suspected of having illegal fireworks shipped to the jail under inmates' names.

Idaho has not carried out any executions by firing squads and a facility for such executions needs to be built. It is among the states that have turned to alternative methods after struggling to ...

The Department of Corrections justified its $553 million request to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Safety and Judiciary.

A judge on Tuesday dismissed only part of a wrongful death lawsuit filed against the Nevada Department of Corrections ...

Utah is the only state to have used firing squads in the past 50 years, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

A man who admitted to abusing dozens of local children has died. Louis Van Wie died on Jan. 14, the New York State Department of Corrections said. He was 82 years old.

For the third session in a row, Montana lawmakers are considering a bill intended to allow the state to again administer the ...

Lawyers for an Alabama death row inmate set to be killed in the state's first execution of 2025 are arguing that he actually belongs in the custody of another state.

The Rifle Correctional Center is at risk of closing as state officials consider cost-cutting measures to address a budget ...

From unemployment to call centers, the governor provided her rationale for rejecting over a dozen bills passed by Democrats ...

Montana State Prison Warden Jim Salmonsen has been placed on leave, according to the Montana Department of Corrections.

Hochul's fiscal year 2026 budget proposal includes $8 million to bolster security at the northern border and "power-ready" ...