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

State law dictates that people in Kentucky jails are entitled to the same health care they would receive while outside jail.

So Herald-Leader reporter Taylor Six launched a six-month investigation to answer some of those questions. Throughout her ...

The Herald-Leader analyzed 5 years of KY Department of Corrections death logs, lawsuits, autopsy reports and death ...

By Nadia Ramlagan Public News Service More than 153,000 Kentuckians are still being denied the right to vote because of a past felony conviction, according to recent data from the League of Women ...

A Roodhouse man on parole for a 2019 conviction faces new charges of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor.

Discrimination lawsuits and other complaints involving transgender people have cost Georgia taxpayers at least $4.1 million since 2015, an AJC analysis shows.

A federal judge has appointed a lead monitor with three decades of experience in corrections to oversee a consent decree ...

Parental incarceration can lead to poor mental and physical health outcomes and increase a child’s chances of criminal ...

Rep. Jared Bauman said the information can help the state better understand how to stop repeat offenders from going back to ...

The Kentucky Senate has passed Senate Bill 2 (SB 2), a priority piece of legislation sponsored by Senate Majority Whip Mike ...

Democratic opponents on Tuesday called the bill “unconstitutional,” the result of “witch hunt” and “fear-mongering” against ...