A timeline detailing the major milestones, legal battles, and rising costs surrounding the construction of a new Oklahoma County Detention Center, as county commissioners face challenges and community ...

Three inmates charged in connection with a Sept. 18 stabbing attack on multiple guards at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Lancaster were arraigned Wednesday in a courtroom packed with ...

The Legislature’s Appropriations Committee got its first look at the Department of Corrections budget Thursday morning. Most of the focus was on the proposed new men’s penitentiary on land near ...

Three inmates at the center of a fight at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Lancaster appeared in Worcester County Superior Court on Thursday following an indictment.

South Carolinians pardoned by President Donald Trump fall into three categories: people who attacked police, those who were disruptive without attacking police and those who were non-violent.

A man was arrested Tuesday after police say he nearly stabbed a man to death in December during a fight in Lancaster. Bryan Acevedo, 34, of Lancaster, is ...

Seven men have been incarcerated in Lancaster County Prison on a series of unrelated sexual assault charges since the ...

A Lancaster man is behind bars after he allegedly ran from police while in possession of controlled substances.

The Nebraska Supreme Court affirmed a Lincoln man's conviction and sentence of 60 years to life in prison for shooting his ...

Police said the man admitted to performing sex acts with the girl at a home in Clay Township, according to an affidavit.

An advisory committee set up by Lancaster County commissioners to help guide the county’s development of a new prison is no ...

Police said a 17-year-old who was detained and the accused shooter were known to have disputes with the victim.