Oregon is known for some of the strongest labor protections for workers in the nation, though the state does not require union membership from public employees WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme ...

Hedquist was convicted in 1995 of murdering 19-year-old Nikki Thrasher. He later said he feared Thrasher would report him to ...

Governor Laura Kelly’s proposed budget does not include funding to rebuild the deteriorating Hutchinson Correctional Facility ...

Two clashes between rival gangs in a southern Ecuadorian prison left at least 31 inmates dead on Sunday, including 27 who were killed by “asphyxiation,” officials said. In the first attack, the ...

FIRST ON FOX — Two federal inmates previously on death row — one a crooked New Orleans cop, the other behind a multi-state killing spree — have been transferred to a notorious "supermax" prison in ...

By Brynn Gingras, Mark Morales, Alisha Ebrahimji, Sarah Boxer, CNN (CNN) — They went from the palace to the big house.

William G. Blake pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Wednesday in Clackamas County Circuit Court for shooting his ...

A federal judge on Monday spared former Alaska Airlines pilot Joseph D. Emerson from prison time, saying the swift loss of his career for nearly cutting off a plane’s engines while flying off-duty was ...

An Oregon City man was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to murdering his girlfriend.

At least 27 inmates were found dead from asphyxiation Sunday at a prison in Ecuador where a riot broke out that left four others dead and dozens injured earlier in the day, officials said. The inmates ...

PHOENIX — Four female inmates were hospitalized Sunday morning after showing “seizure-like” symptoms at a prison in Goodyear, authorities said. At 8:22 a.m., paramedics took four women from Perryville ...

A federal jail with a documented history of power outages, staffing shortages and detainee complaints just got two more high-profile detainees. Former president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro and his ...