San Francisco County Jail has a dedicated program for incarcerated U.S. Military Veterans, C.O.V.E.R., which provides therapy, treatment, and healing, and is a model for other counties to follow.

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A coalition of organizations recently teamed up to host San Quentin State Prison’s first-ever father-daughter dance.

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A Tennessee judge has ruled that the state can deactivate a death-row inmate’s implanted heart-regulating device at a ...

Mississippi has executed the longest-serving man on its death row nearly 50 years after he was convicted of murder.

The longest-serving man on Mississippi’s death row was executed Wednesday, nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed a bank loan officer’s wife in a violent ransom scheme.

The longest-serving man on Mississippi's death row was executed Wednesday, nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed a bank loan officer's wife in a violent ransom scheme.

Mississippi’s longest-serving death row inmate was executed on Wednesday, almost 50 years after he kidnapped and killed a bank loan officer’s wife in a ransom scheme.

PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) — The longest-serving man on Mississippi’s death row was executed Wednesday, nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed a bank loan officer’s wife in a violent ...