COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — After the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the final appeal of a South Carolina inmate, he decided ... more than half of his life on death row. He cannot in good conscience ...

A prisoner serving life for second-degree murder at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Center is suspected in the attempted ...

Alabama became the first state to carry out executions with nitrogen gas when three inmates were put to death using the ...

San Diego County jails have one of the highest rates of inmate deaths among county jails in California, the state auditor ...

A San Diego Central Jail inmate who experienced a medical emergency in his cell last week and died after being taken to a hospital succumbed to natural causes, a sheriff’s official said Monday.

Nine states have put more inmates to death. But since the unintentional execution pause, South Carolina’s death row population has dwindled. The state had 63 condemned inmates in early 2011.

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The 68-year-old inmate who died in a local hospital ... s Office on Jan. 11 identified the cause of death as cardiovascular disease, cerebral disease, hypertensive ...

SAN DIEGO — The ... act that led to his death happened in county custody. Van Tine, who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, was placed in a triple cell with two other inmates also diagnosed ...