The Department of Correction took heat from an oversight board for quietly creating a new Rikers high-security unit that may ...

More than 130 people allege they were sexually abused as children while in custody at youth detention centers in Illinois.

The Shelby County Sheriff's Office invited media to tour the Shelby County Jail. A CA reporter saw deteriorating conditions ...

The commissioners will be appealing to the Pennsylvania DOC and the governor to keep facilities open,” Commissioner Mark ...

The Alabama House of Representatives voted 86-5 for the bill that would allow prosecutors to pursue the death penalty when an ...

The Grand Forks committee formed to explore a potential consolidation of the county sheriff's department and jail met for the ...

MINERAL POINT, Mo. – The Potosi Correctional Center announced Tuesday that an inmate was pronounced dead Monday morning. He ...

City leaders in Belle Glade are speaking out after a corrections deputy with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office was shot and killed Monday night.

As we continue to follow the plans to close several state correctional facilities, including the Rockview State Prison in ...

CoreCivic, one of the largest private detention companies in the country, is expecting a boom in business due to Trump policy changes.

An Atmore preacher, who was also an Alabama Department of Corrections employee, is no longer facing criminal charges after he ...

A former jailer has been sentenced after being caught bringing in contraband and lying about his military service.