Tennessee lawmakers on Thursday approved legislation drastically expanding the number of families who can use taxpayer money ...

U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) have reintroduced the Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act, a bipartisan effort aimed at curbing rampant sexual harassment and assault of ...

On Thursday, a man pleaded guilty to multiple charges stemming from a crash that happened after a hit-and-run on Magnolia Avenue in Knoxville that left one person dead in July 2023.

A Humboldt man pled guilty to a drug charge after a search of his commercial property yielded drugs, firearms, and $153,000 in drug proceeds ...

Last fiscal year, 29 students graduated from the GED program, with 324 students enrolled in the program and 179 tests ...

Arizona death row inmate Aaron Gunches has asked to be executed next month. This comes as Gov. Katie Hobbs and Attorney ...

Samuel Sipes, wanted for second-degree murder linked to a teen's overdose, was apprehended by the U.S. Marshals Service.

A press freedom group representing the Indiana Capital Chronicle has filed a lawsuit in Marion Superior Court against the Indiana Department of Correction, alleging that the state agency violated ...

Former Tennessee Department of Correction employee Rustin Bowen is convicted of charges involving multiple child victims.

The state's private prisons see higher numbers of deaths and sexual assaults while providing less opportunity for support and education.

Following years of decline, the state's prison population jumped by 8% in 2022, and signs indicate it's still on the rise.

Lawyers for a South Carolina inmate set to die by lethal injection next week want his execution halted so they can get more ...