The ombudsman is a non-partisan position within the state that serves as part of the checks and balances for the government.

Aaron Goodwin, the star of “Ghost Adventures,” has filed for divorce after his wife was accused of planning his murder.

A licensed embalmer from Texas is facing charges after officials say she cut off a dead man’s penis in February with a ...

The lawsuit claims that DOC failed to respond to Lewis Jordan Jr.’s calls for help until bacterial meningitis led to his coma ...

The lawsuit alleges DOC staff showed “deliberate indifference” to Lewis Jordan Jr., 53, as he suffered an untreated acute ear ...

An otherwise healthy inmate died after a “raging” ear infection developed into spinal meningitis as staff at an Alaska prison ...

Lewis Jordan, Jr. died of bacterial meningitis after symptoms and pleas for help were deliberately ignored by DOC staff in ...

An inmate at Alaska's largest prison begged for medical help with a severe ear infection but was ignored for days until it ...

Alaska State Troopers say three skiers who had flown by helicopter to a remote mountain range were swept away by an avalanche ...

A sixth inmate has died at a troubled maximum security prison in southern Wisconsin. The state Department of Corrections ...

Brad Sigmon’s lawyers wanted to delay his death so they could get a fuller hearing in court to learn more about the drug ...

He still has a lengthy prison sentence ahead - but says the course has been 'very therapeutic' and helps him 'get away from ...