In just a few years, overdoses in Nevada prisons have increased nearly tenfold, according to prisons director James Dzurenda.

Bail set at $30,000 for former Reno deputy police chief arrested in a child exploitation sting. Jail records show he has ...

The chief of Nevada Capitol Police has resigned months after someone stole a rifle from a car assigned to the governor’s security detail, the 8 News Now Investigators have learned.

In a small courthouse in southeast Idaho, a woman incarcerated at the nearby prison had just finished testifying that a male ...

Ashley Richardson's journey from homelessness and addiction to stability and family life is a testament to the transformative ...

An Oklahoma man arrested, accused of impersonating an attorney and sneaking into the Oklahoma County Detention Center to see ...

Texas and Alabama have executed death row inmates within minutes of each other, one for killing a 13-month-old baby during an "exorcism" and the other for shooting a mother of two in the head during a ...

Nevada OKs $4.6M settlement with family who says beatings by staff killed prisoner. Read more from The Nevada Independent.

Inmate firefighters in California will receive higher pay and the state will make permanent firefighting camps that train and ...

The ACLU of Nevada lawsuit claims that a 287(g) agreement between Las Vegas police and U.S. Immigration and Customs ...

A lawsuit is challenging the legality of the Metropolitan Police Department’s agreement with federal immigration authorities ...