Two escaped Tennessee inmates return to custody and face transfer to higher security after violating prison rules; multiple ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An electrocardiogram monitoring the heart of a Tennessee inmate executed by lethal injection in August showed “sustained cardiac activity” nearly two minutes after Byron Black ...

Attorneys for death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols are suing the State of Tennessee, accusing prison officials of violating ...

Over the past three decades, the company began to circumvent the state law restricting Tennessee to a single private prison ...

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said bookings at the jail have nearly doubled since the Memphis Safe Task Force started working in the city.

Less than two years ago, David Ozer was a respected producer with a well-stocked Rolodex and a bunch of buzzy shows on the way. Now, he’s in federal prison for embezzlement and fraud. By Steve ...

An attorney for a recently executed Tennessee inmate says an electrocardiogram showed “sustained cardiac activity” nearly two ...

A coalition of news organizations is suing Tennessee’s top prisons official and a warden, alleging that state execution ...

An Illinois family is demanding answers after a rare and deadly shooting inside a federal prison in Florida. A family friend of inmate Dwayne Tottleben said the prison hasn’t released how or why it ...

An Illinois man was shot dead while incarcerated in a federal prison in Florida this month, his family and officials told NBC News, a rare incident behind bars as guards largely are not allowed to ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — An electrocardiogram monitoring the heart of a Tennessee inmate executed by lethal injection in August showed “sustained cardiac activity” nearly two minutes after Byron Black was ...