Nine states have created corrections ombudsman positions since 2018, while another two have created quasi-oversight bodies, according to Michele Deitch, Director of the Prison and Jail Innovation Lab ...

The bill says the legislation is necessary “to create an independent entity as a unit of the legislative branch of state ...

Without Florida, the national execution rate would be like an average year, with fewer than 30 executions across the country.

From the deaths and burning of two children to a teen who killed her mom's fiancé, these crime stories shocked the Pensacola community in 2025.

NIANTIC, Conn. (WTNH) — Following an investigative report conducted by Disability Rights Connecticut (DRCT), the organization is calling for immediate action to prevent ongoing alleged sexual assault ...

A Portland police officer has been reassigned following the emergence of a video showing him stating he would shoot a protester if they drove their car at him. Portland vigil condemns federal violence ...

A 23-year-old inmate died in a Maryland prison on Saturday, Dec. 13, according to State Police. Troopers were notified about the death around 8 p.m. after inmate Deon Smith, 23, was found dead inside ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The papers of conceptual and performance artist Lowell Darling measure 4.6 linear feet and 6.32 GB and date from 1945 to 2012. The collection ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation ...

A four-year investigation into sexual abuse at York Correctional Institution found that the Department of Correction failed to protect women in custody with mental illness from sexual abuse by ...

BOSTON (AP) — Ben Defty scored 18 points as Boston University beat UMass-Lowell 88-76 on Sunday. Defty shot 6 of 7 from the field and 6 of 9 from the free-throw line for the Terriers (5-8). Sam Hughes ...

Investigators in a rural Indian town long believed a missing safe would unlock the truth about what happened to a retired farmer found shot to death in his own home. When 85-year-old Lowell Badger was ...