Correctional Officer Jose Sandoval inspects one of the more than 2,000 cell phones confiscated from inmates at Calfornia State Prison in Vacaville, California.Rich Pedroncelli / AP Drugs and weapons ...

New inspection of the Bicester facility finds drug availability leading to increases in violence.

KINGMAN, Ariz. — Arizona is essentially firing the private company that operates a Northwest Arizona state prison that has struggled with high-profile problems such as an inmate escape that led to a ...

Residents in one Ridgeville community say they're battling flies every year and believe a nearby chicken farm operated by the ...

MADISON, Wis. - State lawmakers heard from family members of the incarcerated, former employees and consultants on problems within the Wisconsin Department of Corrections on Tuesday, June 9. It comes ...

The state prison on South Wilmot Road is being converted into a health facility for inmates throughout the state in an effort to reduce costs for the Department of Corrections, authorities said. The ...

After the slaying of two prison guards this year, Public Safety Secretary Mary Ann Saar faces tough questioning by legislators at a hearing today in Annapolis. In a telephone news conference with ...

The military, which in 2021 disclosed its last major internal relocation of Guantánamo prisoners, declined to discuss this week’s security operation. By Carol Rosenberg Carol Rosenberg has covered ...

A 5,000-bed private-prison complex approved in July by the Pima County Board of Supervisors doesn’t yet have the final approval it needs from the Arizona Department of Corrections to house Arizona ...