About two-thirds of Texas prisons are not fully air conditioned, and dozens of inmates have died in the sweltering heat.

While the Virginia Department of Corrections maintains its efforts to keep staff and inmates safe, recent allegations of ...

After being locked in a cage in the prison yard, Juan Ramirez cried for help, moaned and said he felt he was going to die.

Florida does not offer parole for most inmates incarcerated in its correctional facilities. But under a bill that passed in a ...

A second woman was killed at Mule Creek State Prison in Ione last year during a conjugal visit with her husband, officials ...

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham joined Sen. Tom Cotton Wednesday in introducing the Cellphone Jamming Reform Act of 2025.

Judge Robert Pitman says inmates who sued the state could win their case but that the fix is not easy or cheap.

Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, representing Sokoto-North Senatorial District, has secured the release of 60 inmates from ...

The prisoner earlier pleaded guilty to assaulting one of the officers in a related incident at Bellamy Creek near Ionia.

A pair of national experts will determine what is needed to improve services for mentally ill inmates. Then lawmakers will be ...