By Nelson Renteria, Brendan O'Boyle and Raul Cortes SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) -The U.S. has sent hundreds of mostly Venezuelan ...

A big change for a local prison, it’s set to close its doors later this month. The Susquehanna County Correctional Facility ...

On Tuesday evening, March 18, the state of Louisiana executed Jessie Hoffman Jr., putting him to death with nitrogen gas.

A woman from Albany, New York, has pleaded guilty to mailing drug-soaked documents disguised as legal paperwork to prisons ...

Deputies say Stephanie Diane Brinson, 62, died while visiting her husband at Mule Creek State Prison in November 2024. No ...

After 35 years of failing reports and climbing suicide rates, a federal judge is appointing an outsider to propose fixes for ...

Nine people were hospitalized including nurses, correction officers and inmates at Attica Correctional Facility following three separate chemical exposure incidents.

Two transgender inmates will be transferred back to a women’s prison after a district court further blocked the Trump ...

A judge has ordered the federal Bureau of Prisons to transfer two transgender women inmates back to women's prisons after ...

California prisons have failed for decades to provide staffing or treatment for many thousands of mentally ill inmates and must pay fines that could amount to hundreds of millions of dollars, a ...

Three out-of-town females were jailed on $1 million bond each involving two separate incidents where the women passed illegal drugs to inmates inside the Fountain Correctional Institute in Atmore.

Enrollment in state work release can rise above 350 during the year. It now stands at 166 people, 12 of whom work remote. Lawmakers are considering a monthly fee for the laptops provided.