A Department of Justice investigation confirmed the GDC hides the number of people killed inside Georgia Prisons.

A prison in Syria holds about 4,500 members of the Islamic State group who have been there for years without trial.

Public defender, DA, judge joined to help Matthew J. Schweichler, who is mentally disabled, mentally ill but also violent, ...

Justice Lassiter died by suicide in March 2023, more than two years into a seven-year sentence at Northern State Prison in Newark. If he'd made parole as soon as he was eligible, he would have ...

Justice Lassiter died by suicide in March 2023, more than two years into a seven-year sentence at Northern State Prison in Newark. If he'd made parole as soon as he was eligible, he would have been ...

SPRINGFIELD, SD (KELO.com) — A former state prison employee has been sentenced to 90 days in prison. 36-year old Cassandra ...

The budget proposal says closing two state prisons would result in an estimated annual cost savings of over $100 million and closing two state-run centers would save an additional $10 million ...

This behavior is unacceptable and reflects poorly on the vast majority of good employees who work in our correctional facilities,” said Attorney General Jackley.

A former state prison employee has been sentenced to 90 days in prison after pleading guilty to sexual contact with an inmate. The 36-year-old woman, a former employee of the Mike Durfee State ...

SKIPPACK — An inmate on death row at the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix was found unresponsive in his cell and declared dead, authorities announced. Inmate Tam Le, 53, was found ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – One thing both Democrats and Republicans agree on is that it would save money if the state closes two state prisons and two other state-run community correction centers.