Weeks after pleading guilty to murder and being sentenced to Illinois Department of Corrections, Shanquilla Garvey had a ...

In South Carolina, death row prisoner Brad Keith Sigmon is scheduled to be killed by firing squad Friday in the state’s first-ever use of that execution method, and the first firing squad execution in ...

Relatives of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) and missing persons held a peaceful rally outside of the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv ...

Barring any late developments, the U.S. is set to see its first execution by firing squad in 15 years on March 7, 2025.

It also violated the custom that swaps involve similar sorts of prisoners—spies for spies, or criminals for criminals. Mr ...

Several Palestinian prisoners and detainees freed during this ceasefire deal have been harassed by Israeli forces after their ...

It’s the seventh death at the prison and comes less than a year after the former warden and several staff members were charged with misconduct and felony inmate abuse.

"I am sending Israel everything it needs to finish the job, not a single Hamas member will be safe if you don’t do as I say," ...

South Carolina is preparing this week to execute a man by firing squad, a capital punishment method that hasn’t been used in ...

I view the firing squad as a more humane way to carry out executions for those on death row, because it is quick and certain, ...

In her latest book, historian Sheila Fitzpatrick tells the story of millions of displaced people and international efforts to ...

A guard at the federal prison in Coleman has been accused of accepting a bribe in return for getting tobacco to a prisoner.