Twin brothers from New Jersey are in custody after a joint operation by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and local ...

Prison reform advocates are saying 'enough is enough', and they are calling for a 'shutdown' of the Alabama Department of ...

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GRAYSON COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - The Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) has released the name of the inmate accused of killing a corrections officer Monday at River North Correctional Center. John ...

CHARLESTON, Maine (WABI) - An inmate who was serving time at Mountain View Correctional Facility has died. The Maine Department of Corrections said Saturday, Jon Brown, 67, died Friday night. While a ...

Iowa will not move forward with a plan to privatize health care services in the state's prisons after previously considering it over the summer, the Iowa Department of Corrections confirmed. The ...

Gov. Hochul has ordered the closure of an upstate prison but opted not to close two more prisons, as had been previously approved in the state budget, managing to anger both correction officers union ...

The bills, which have already passed the State Legislature, would help prevent brutality in prisons, supporters say. But the governor has yet to enact them. By Jan Ransom New York State lawmakers this ...

INDEPENDENCE, Va. — A Virginia Department of Corrections officer is dead, and two others are hurt after a reported inmate attack inside a Virginia prison. Officials said this happened just before 8 ...

Dozens of elderly inmates die of natural causes behind bars each year costing the state millions in medical bills for prisoners who advocates say are too infirm to pose any threat to the public. Forty ...