The Illinois Department of Corrections has spent September moving hundreds of inmates from Stateville Correctional Center in ...

Donlon admitted to the search in a brief statement released by the department late Saturday night — saying that  authorities “took materials that came into my possession 20 years ago and are ...

State Rep. Justin “JJ” Humphrey is calling for an OSBI investigation into the Oklahoma Department of Human Services.

An incident took place at the Shawnee Correctional Center recently, and a local lawmaker is speaking on the matter.

He had a killer final meal. A South Carolina inmate who died by lethal injection Friday chowed down on a hearty multi-course ...

California prison officials are investigating the killing of a Livermore man serving time in Kern Valley State Prison. Guards ...

Deputies said on Tuesday, Sept. 17, David Brown Banks was found guilty by a Yancey County jury of trafficking in opium or ...

Jurors heard a one-minute extract from a phone call between Jason Jones and his mother in which he seems to justify his actions.

Stabbings, escapes from cages and getting out of restraints are some of the incidents correctional officers are reporting to ...

South Dakota Department of Corrections officials say correctional officers confiscated numerous items of contraband since ...

South Carolina is set on Friday to execute Freddie Owens, who would become the first death row inmate to die at the hands of ...

On Wednesday, the California Department of Water Resources held a levee breaching ceremony to celebrate the completion of the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement Project in ...