During her address, Gov. Sanders reaffirmed her support of a State Prison in Franklin County. Some state lawmakers are ...

A two-year investigation by The Associated Press revealed in late December that Alabama’s Prison System is leasing inmates out to private companies for millions of dollars ...

Olu, has approved the release of 52 inmates and commuted the sentences of six death row prisoners to life imprisonment as ...

An Albuquerque lawyer who has filed dozens of lawsuits on behalf of inmates alleging serious failures of the state's prison health system is asking a court to order the New Mexico General Services ...

J. Alexander Kueng, who kneeled on Floyd's back, was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for aiding and abetting manslaughter in ...

A first-of-its-kind program in Arkansas is moving forward in Washington County.

California DA warns judge, to no avail, it's "absolutely disrespectful to and traumatic to the victims" by forcing them to ...

A former prison guard was convicted Tuesday of 64 counts of rape, sodomy and sexual battery on nine female prisoners at ...

Deaths in Missouri prisons have increased in number despite a drop in the number of people incarcerated. The Missouri ...

A former prison guard was convicted Tuesday of 64 counts of rape, sodomy and sexual battery on 13 female prisoners at ...

After deaths, stabbings and lawsuits, the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center hopes that a major renovation can save the ...

The Department of Corrections says in-custody fatalities are mainly due to natural causes among an aging, sicker prison ...