South Dakota’s $825 million prison project in rural Lincoln County faces legislative and legal hurdles as the proposed site and price tag come under fire.

The South Dakota State Penitentiary and nearby Jameson Annex are on lockdown. The state Department of Corrections said in a ...

Two menwere sentenced on Tuesday to six to 15 years for attempted murder and an additional two to six years for battery on a ...

Officers have mounted the work stoppage over working conditions, according to the union, which didn't authorize the strike.

Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis announced Tuesday that 44-year-old Mike Stoker was convicted of possession with ...

Hoosier senators voted 47-0 Monday to advance Senate Bill 103 to the House. It directs the Indiana Department of ...

The State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls has been placed on lockdown status, a release from the Department of Corrections says.

This spring, the Rifle Correctional Center once again finds itself in the fiscal crosshairs at the Capitol. Closing the ...

"A prison, like a jail, is a necessary government function, and it must be located somewhere," a state circuit judge ruled.

Highland sailor Bob Baxter sailed the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes for half a century. People told him he should ...

Since its inception in 2019, Project Blue is credited with lowering the percentage of jailed Erie County inmates and detainees who return to jail after being released.

Landowners near the new Lincoln County prison site railed against the Department of Corrections for a lack of transparency ...