The Tulsa County Sheriff's Office has made some major changes to how inmates can get mail at the jail, including legal mail, that affects both inmates and attorneys. TCSO says it is all in an effort ...

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Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner John Hamm said Thursday the state is making progress toward fixing a long-time severe shortage of security staff. Hamm said the ADOC had 473 graduates ...

A murderer has refused to meet his victim's mum twice. Lisa Squire, 52, wanted to come face to face with the man who murdered ...

Rock and roll legend Bruce Springsteen released a protest song Wednesday condemning the violence occurring at the hands of ...

Women on remand appear to disproportionately suffer poor mental health while in prison. Of the 17,000 people held on remand, ...

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From meals to showers to visitors, this is what life is like on Florida's death row for convicted killer Wade Wilson.

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The number of immigration enforcement officers in Minnesota could be reduced, but only if state and local officials cooperate ...