The Latest Breaking News from Department of Corrections

Oscar Pistorius, double-amputee Olympic runner, granted parole after 10 yrs for killing girlfriend. Must serve at least half of 13 yrs & 5 mths sentence. Pistorius shot Steenkamp multiple times in bathroom of Pretoria villa. Convicted of murder on legal principle of dolus eventualis.

Florida's mandatory minimum sentences created a large, elderly prison population. Now the bill is coming due.

Rob Jeffreys, who has led the department since June 2019, is stepping down.

The Virginia Department of Corrections has recorded audio of at least 30 executions over the last three decades, but it has no plans to release the tapes publicly

Murdaugh will spend 45 days at Kirkland Correctional Facility while South Carolina Department of Corrections determines where he will serve time

DENVER — Norman Vasquez often has to choose between buying soap or calling his family while serving time at Colorado’s Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility.

Top state officials seem more interested in killing more killing than in fixing their gruesome mistakes

STARKE, Fla. — Florida executed Donald David Dillbeck on Thursday evening, three decades after he stabbed to death Faye Vann outside the Tallahassee Mall.

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The attorney for a man who was executed this week is calling for an investigation, accusing Missouri officials of moving ahead with the lethal injection while federal appeals were pending

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Attorneys for Leonard Taylor, who was executed Tuesday, are calling for an investigation after they say Missouri put him to death while a final appeal was pending.