A Texas man sentenced to 40 years in prison for decapitating his wife — and just months after their wedding — was found dead in his prison from what authorities said was a self-inflicted ...

Years later, in 1931, the general manager of the prison system, Marshall Lee Simmons, dreamed up the idea of the prison rodeo ...

TENNESSEE COLONY, Texas (KETK) – Five staff members from the George Beto Unit state prison near Tennessee Colony have been ...

An inmate serving prison time in a Texas state jail for burglary is facing additional charges after DNA linked the man to two ...

Questions arose about the prison camp Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s co-conspirator and former girlfriend, was transferred to last week, after spending years in a federal prison in Florida.

Legendary movie director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, wanted to screen "Stand by Me" at a state prison in Brazoria ...

Why are explicit books and other materials denied to prisoners available to children in school libraries?

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a new court hearing for a black Texas prison inmate whose death sentence may have been tainted by disturbing references to race. Lawyers for ...

Among the cases that are headed back to court is that of Robert Roberson, who argues he was wrongfully convicted of killing his daughter based on now-debunked science.