prison

It’s gotta be the shoes.

Nobody likes going to the dentist...well, except for this guy.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Top Texas prison system officials have been given significant raises by an executive director whose own pay hike has raised complaints.

Okay, this selfie craze has officially gotten out of control.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An abandoned prison would seem creepy enough around Halloween. Now add blood-curdling screams.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal judge is scolding attorneys in a lawsuit alleging understaffing and mismanagement at a private Idaho prison, warning both sides that they need to play nice or risk losing their case.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Four men who served time at a West Texas minimum security unit have been arrested on manslaughter charges in the fatal beating of another inmate. Terry County jail records show three suspects were being held Thursday over the death of Joe Hernandez...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California corrections officials say convicted serial killer Richard Ramirez, known as the Night Stalker, has died. San Quentin State Prison spokesman Lt. Sam Robinson says Ramirez died Friday morning. He had recently been taken from death row to a hospital...

You’ve heard of hemorrhoids, but it sounds like a prisoner in Sri Lanka may have come down with a case of hemo-Droids.

HOUSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has refused to stop this week's execution of a Houston man for gunning down a police sergeant more than 12 years ago. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 late Monday against an appeal from lawyers for condemned killer Anthony Haynes...