Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones said construction on Phase 1 of the new Hinds County Detention Center is underway, and officials are working to gain funding for ...

Scott Minton hung his head and cried Thursday morning just as he did on a Thursday in 1994 when he was found guilty of heinous crimes, but this time it was because he is finally a free man.

The Innocence Project said Scott Minton was convicted despite 18 alibi witnesses and time-stamped receipts from multiple stores put him in a different county.

District Attorney General Charme Allen will not be ordering an investigation into the death of David Batts, who died after ...

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

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

Michael Asbury, Clifford Meteer, Michael Tyler Roberts, Edward Kelley, Bart Gore, James Brooks and Albuquerque Cosper Head ...

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

These people and others with Tennessee ties were initially convicted of crimes and sentenced to as long as 90 months in ...

On Wednesday, the U.S. Attorney General told the director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to stop using pentobarbital, the same drug Tennessee selected in its new execution protocol, because ...