The historic Moundsville Penitentiary echoed with the buzz of tattoo guns as it hosted its third annual Locked Up Tattoo ...

Columnist Will Sutton looks at the execution of Jessie Hoffman Jr., with an eye on two journalists who saw something most of ...

According to historical accounts, out of the 36 Alcatraz inmates who tried to flee before the prison was closed in March 1963 ...

TDOC is hosting a Rapid Hire Event to recruit correctional officers, offering high salaries and sign-on bonuses.

The families have expressed mixed emotions following the state's first execution in 15 years and shared memories from the ...

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma man who fatally shot a woman during a home invasion and robbery 20 years ago apologized to the victim’s family before he was executed Thursday, remorse a woman ...

Louisiana was scheduled to murder Jessie Hoffman by first immobilizing him by tying down his arms, hands, legs and torso on a ...

Three separate visitors to Washington State Penitentiary during the past week were arrested after arriving at the prison with ...

Three people in Walla Walla were arrested on Monday after allegedly attempting to bring drugs into the Washington State ...

Oklahoma executed Wendell Grissom for a 2005 murder, marking the state's first execution of the year amid a week of multiple ...

Wendell Grissom received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary and was pronounced dead at 10:13 a.m.