Tennessee prison system head to resign after failed Christa Pike execution
Christa Pike remains alive but unconscious and intubated after her failed execution on Wednesday, her lawyers said.
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Christa Pike remains alive but unconscious and intubated after her failed execution on Wednesday, her lawyers said.
A June 1 trial date was set Wednesday for Nicolás Maduro and his wife to face drug trafficking charges.
More than 100 inmates at the sprawling Rikers Island correctional facility gathered in a gymnasium at the complex's main intake center to watch Wednesday's semifinal match between England and Argentina.
The man charged with the murder of a Loyola freshman in Rogers Park faces new charges after being found with a weapon in jail, the Cook County sheriff said.
Sean "Diddy" Combs' lawyers will try to persuade federal judges that Combs was treated unfairly at the trial last year that sent him to prison on prostitution-related charges.
Former NFL player Antonio Brown will return to Florida after deciding not to contest his extradition from a New Jersey jail on an attempted murder charge.
A former N.Y. Department of Corrections officer has been found guilty and two others were acquitted in the killing of Robert Brooks, an inmate at an upstate prison.
David Kingsley was found guilty of murder and manslaughter. He'll be sentenced on Dec. 15. He faces 25 years to life in prison.
Prosecutors say the former upstate New York prison guards were part of a "gang" that took part in an act of of "sheer, unimaginable brutality."
A New York federal indictment has charged the longtime head of a Mexican megachurch with racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking.
The disgraced former congressman from New York, is set to surrender Friday to face his more than seven-year sentence.
New York will soon make phone calls free in its state prisons.
Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, of New Jersey, was convicted last year on federal bribery charges.
Authorities say the rapper was rushed to the hospital after being attacked in a California prison.
Alcatraz, a notorious former prison on an island in San Francisco Bay, once housed some famous gangsters like Al Capone and George "Machine-Gun" Kelly.
A New York correction officer pleaded guilty Monday in the beating death of Robert Brooks.
A New York correctional officer pleaded guilty Monday in the beating death of Robert Brooks.
Ten prison guards were charged in connection with the fatal beating of a 22-year-old Messiah Nantwi, including two charged with murder.
New York state prisons will release some inmates early due to a shortage of corrections officers following the recent strike and firings.
The recipients of the drug-soaked papers would not have been able to feel the drug's effects through the paper, an expert said.
More than 2,000 New York prison guards who were fired for participating in an illegal wildcat strike won't be able to get another job with the state, Gov. Kathy Hochul said.
More than 2,000 New York prison guards who were fired for participating in an illegal wildcat strike won't be able to get another job with the state, Gov. Kathy Hochul said. CBS News New York's Tony Aiello reports.
New York fired more than 2,000 prison guards Monday for failing to return to work after a strike that crippled the state's correctional system, but still declared the illegal work stoppage over.
Gov. Kathy Hochul had some tough words for New York prison guards in danger of losing their jobs due to their ongoing illegal strike.
Gov. Kathy Hochul had some tough words for New York prison guards in danger of losing their jobs due to their ongoing illegal strike.
