Former inmates and officials say synthetic drugs like K2, frequent lockdowns and limited addiction treatment fuel overdose ...

A 33-year-old federal inmate’s death by gunfire has exposed troubling questions about safety protocols and transparency within America’s prison system, leaving his devastated family searching for ...

When a person incarcerated at the federal detention center in Philadelphia is placed on suicide watch, they are assigned to ...

After reviewing lawsuit filings and interviewing one of the plaintiffs, the Star can offer the first accounts of the breach.

A federal judge has denied a legal attempt, for now, to prevent the U.S. government from transferring former death row ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — A federal inmate was found unresponsive at the United States Penitentiary Beaumont on Sunday afternoon and later died at a Southeast Texas hospital, according to prison officials.

The Department of Justice has released data revealing the amount of sexual victimization in prisons and local jails in the ...

The BOP has never seen changes like this in such a short period of time. 2025 was a year that sets the agency up for ...

After years of struggling to find enough workers for some of the nation’s toughest lockups, the Federal Bureau of Prisons is facing a new challenge: Corrections officers are jumping ship for more ...