An SCI-Greene inmate faces several felony aggravated arson charges after allegedly starting an electrical fire in his cell in ...

Texas lawmakers push over 100 bills to increase criminal penalties, potentially leading to overcrowding of state's jails and prisons.

An inmate died Tuesday night after arriving for booking at the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center, the Sheriff's Office ...

A transgender woman sued Los Angeles County, the Sheriff’s Department and Sheriff Robert Luna Thursday, alleging her civil rights were violated when she was housed with male inmates in the Twin Towers ...

Nevada prosecutors say 20 people in all have been charged in connection with a brawl at a maximum-security prison in Nevada ...

California corrections officials say high-security prisons across the state are tightly restricting movement, calls and ...

Markwhan Kitcher-Tucker hanged himself in San Francisco jail while awaiting trial, an incident his lawyers said stemmed from negligence.

Almost half of people released from Hawaiʻi’s state prisons between November 2023 and October 2024 did not have a valid state ID, according to data the corrections department reported to the ...

As Pope Francis remains hospitalized at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, Italian prisoners are praying for his recovery, ...

Amid the chaos of the 20-day wildcat prison guard strike, state investigators are looking into a supposed inmate petition circulated at Wende Correctional Facility near Buffalo expressing “strong ...

Second, many inmates in a maximum security institution aren't incarcerated for the first time. The term 'been there, done ...