Former WBRC anchor Beth Shelburne worked as a producer on a new HBO documentary examining the serious problems within Alabama’s prison system, revealing that filmmakers’ research documented 1,377 ...

For the first time in the U.S., the Boise Art Museum is displaying the full work of artist Julie Green’s indictment of the ...

This story is part of a series examining the death penalty in Texas. You can read more about how the system works here and a firsthand account from a reporter who witnessed an execution here.

Across Bangladesh’s prisons, thousands of death row inmates live under the shadow of the noose. For most, execution never comes. Yet they remain in solitary confinement for years, even decades ...

Bishops in multiple U.S. states are leading efforts to spare the lives of condemned prisoners facing execution — urging clemency in line with the Catholic Church’s relatively recent but unambiguous ...

The prison picked nearly 30 inmates to participate in the "father-daughter" dance at the Louisiana State Penitentiary.