In the wake of further violence in state prisons, North Country lawmakers are again calling for drastic prison reform. “It is ...

When the state of Illinois shut down the century-old, maximum-security prison last year, nearly four of every five inmates ended up being sent to less-secure sites, The Associated Press found.

Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois' decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were ...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were spotted conducting an assessment at the shuttered facility both Thursday ...

Prison union officials are worried that the now-shuttered Federal Correctional Institute at Dublin might be turned into an ...

Governor Tina Kotek has placed the director of the Oregon Youth Authority (OYA), on administrative leave effective immediately.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were spotted conducting an assessment at the shuttered facility both Thursday ...

Several states, inspired by President Donald Trump's executive orders, are pushing bills to ban transgender medical procedures for minors.

At a joint legislative budget hearing on Thursday, Robert Ricks—the grieving father of a man murdered by corrections staff while in state custody—urged lawmakers to reform New York’s ...

An incident at the Collins Correctional Facility led to a lockdown Wednesday for the facility’s staff and incarcerated individuals. Following a statement earlier Wednesday, at 4:40 p.m. Wednesday ...

St. Louis activist Khanika Harper found the perfect way to marry her passion for justice with the power of love: She became a ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A judge dismissed charges against a former Clark County, Indiana corrections officer accused of giving inmates keys in the county jail. Friday, Clark County Circuit Court ...