A 66-year-old Shelton, Washington, man was sentenced to 90 months in prison Friday for his role in a drug trafficking ring ...

President Donald Trump issued an executive order that directed the federal government to only recognize two sexes: male and ...

A Washington lawmaker has introduced legislation that would prevent an inmate convicted of a physical or sexual assault from being housed in a cell with another ...

The brother of a Bentleyville man who was left “festering alone in his cell” inside the Washington County jail before later ...

Washington lawmakers are exploring a variety of legislative solutions to address chronic issues at its juvenile ...

NWA EDITORIAL | Washington County’s pilot project to change the lives of jail inmates isn’t a perfect solution, but it’s a good place to start Project seeks to aid incarcerated ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Lawmakers in Olympia on Tuesday considered a proposal to bring back statewide jail oversight. In a Senate Human Services Committee hearing on Jan. 21, former inmates and the ...

and at least seven other employees are now in prison themselves for sexually abusing inmates. During her tenure, Peters appeared before the House and Senate Judiciary Committees and spoke about ...

PROVIDENCE — Four correctional officers at the Adult Correctional Institutions in Cranston, R.I., were hospitalized on Tuesday after an inmate ... prisons at an alarming rate, leaving the state ...

A Maryland prison inmate has been hospitalized after testing positive for a serious form of pneumonia caused by the bacteria Legionella, state officials said. Last week, an inmate at Dorsey Run ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The state prison system in South Dakota is seeing its share of violence. There are currently more than a hundred court cases involving prison inmates in the hands of ...

Supporters said hundreds of J6ers already have been released from dozens of prisons across the U.S. “I went to bed thinking I’m gonna have commissary in the morning,” pardoned J6 inmate ...