A federal judge ruled that extreme heat in Texas prisons without air conditioning amounts to cruel and unusual punishment and ...

Ker’Sean Ramey was pronounced dead at the Huntsville prison one week after co-defendant LeJames Norman was executed ...

Reginald Steed, who was charged with first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of Correctional Officer Dustin Pedigo, died at ...

Union leaders say staffing shortages have left facilities operating with fewer officers as the state works to expand its high ...

AI-assisted software provides a second review for concealed weapons and contraband, helping security personnel improve screening accuracy with the Intercept® body scanner ...

Part 1 of a series comparing movie prisons to real ones — this entry looks at security failures, staff misconduct and toxic ...

Prosecutors said Ashley Brown accepted Cash App payments to smuggle methamphetamine, K2, marijuana and cellphones into FCI ...

The law, known as the Scanlan Bill, will allow correctional deputies to carry firearms on duty and provide their families ...

One officer suffered two lacerations from a broken state-issued razor blade, including a 6-inch cut to his side, while four ...

Shift change offers an opportunity for incoming officers to prepare physically and mentally for an environment where problems are not going to wait until you get settled in ...

NEW YORK — Newly married Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce was one of the victims in a $31 million Ponzi scheme prosecuted in Missouri. Siddharth Jawahar, who had been living in the United ...

Correctional officers deserve mental health care that is accessible, confidential and available before a crisis becomes a ...