State Prisons News

The murder of seven-year-old Sheldean Human's killer, who was beaten and bludgeoned to death in his prison cell, has left the girl's mother and his family with nothing but more heartache and unanswered questions.

This Nov. 18, 2011 file photo shows the Oregon State Penitentiary, in Salem, Ore.

HAYWARD - The roommate of a man who was found stabbed to death near the railroad tracks in unincorporated Hayward last week has been arrested on suspicion of murder, an Alameda County sheriff's spokesman said Monday.

A Montgomery County sex offender is due in court on Monday for having child pornography on his phone.

MADISON - A state board ruled today that a veteran Madison police officer who used the Internet to solicit sex from girls as young as 11 does not deserve a pension.

Authorities on Sunday unearthed more skull fragments and other human remains, along with clothes, a purse and jewelry, in a well in rural Northern California, an area where a convicted serial killer said there may be 10 or more victims.

The annual cleanup of the former Ohio prison where "The Shawshank Redemption" was filmed has drawn dozens of people, including some in search of paranormal activity.

Approaching the sprawling brick prison on a late weekday morning, correction officer Jerome Brantley detected the pleasing aroma of fish fry wafting down toward the chain link and razor wire fence: Lunch and, according to Brantley, the best food in Greene County.

Gov. Tom Corbett's proposal for the biggest reduction in the prison population in Pennsylvania history is getting a cool reception from state prison guards.

A twice-convicted murderer who has lived on Florida's death row for more than three decades is scheduled to die by lethal injection this week for killing a St.

A developer and the state's housing agency is proposing a large-scale residential project to be built in the center of historic Fort Monroe, but Hampton city officials say they oppose the plan.

N.J. Drug CourtNumber of current active, non-fugitive participants: 4,194 Percentage who are full-time employed: 72 Past percentage of participants employed at program graduation: 84 Percentage of in-program clean drug tests: 96 Source: Administrative Office of the Courts, Drug Court Unit TRENTON - Gov.

A Long Branch man was sentenced Friday to five years in state prison for his role in the sale of heroin in his hometown, after police seized nearly 2,500 packets of the drug from an apartment just weeks before Christmas 2009.

A 24-year-old Dauphin County man who led state police on a chase across parts of Lebanon and Dauphin counties was sentenced to state prison last week.

Citizens for a Fort Monroe National Park group. Front Row Left to Right: Gerri Hollins, Betty Harper Wyatt, Karen Perreauct, Joanne Berkley, Monika Malone Back Row Left to Right: Adrian Whitcomb, Philip Adderley, Mark Perreault, Ron Wilson, Alec Gould, Scott Butler - In an economic climate where so few federal resources are earmarked to preserve ... (more)

A federal judge in Las Vegas has barred state prison officials from serving a new "common fare" menu to an Orthodox Jewish inmate who adheres to a kosher diet while serving a life sentence for kidnapping.

' A death row inmate has led authorities to an area of Northern California believed to be the burial sites of two victims of the notorious "Speed Freak Killers," as searchers focused Saturday on an abandoned well for any additional remains.

A state-appointed public defender said Friday that New Britain resident James D'Aquila, who has been charged with beating his mother to death at her Southington home, suffers from schizophrenia and needs medical attention.

A trial date has been set for the former inmate accused of running a fake university from behind prison bars.

An instructor at the state prison in Westover was taken into police custody Thursday and charged with rape, sex abuse and possession of child pornography following a week-long investigation by the Wicomico County Child Advocacy Center.