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

Father Raffaele Grimaldi said the Holy Father knows “that those who have made mistakes need us to give them a hand so that ...

Secretary of Corrections Laurel Harry said Monday that her department is planning to grow the program from the current unit ...

New York corrections officials are offering striking prison guards a deal to return to work. The commissioner of the state ...

New contract offer would create a committee to determine whether certain provisions of a law that regulates solitary ...

Sen. Bart Hester, R-Cave Springs, expects a bill that centers on power generation to move through the Senate soon. He also ...

Frank Drew spent 24 years in prison for a crime he did not commit ... After several hours of interrogation, detectives ...

One of its five housing units is a four-tiered leftover from the original Jackson State Prison, with sliding barred doors.

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A new agreement will see most striking New York correction officers return to work Monday, per the state’s Department of ...

Derek Ross, 45, pleaded guilty to felony strangulation and domestic violence. His attorney said the former football player ...

Hochul signed an executive order Monday that bars the hiring of individuals who continue to participate in strike actions ...