In the wake of further violence in state prisons, North Country lawmakers are again calling for drastic prison reform. “It is ...

Calcasieu Correctional Center booking report for Feb. 13, 2025. Terrell Levon Price, 46, Lake Charles: Aggravated ...

When Illinois shuttered the century-old maximum security facility last year, nearly four of every five inmates went to less-secure sites.

Robert Ricks, the father of Robert Brooks who died after corrections officers beat him at Marcy Correctional Facility, spoke at a joint hearing of the State Assembly and Senate.

Centenarian Loretta Chamberlain spent her special day getting fingerprinted, meeting a K-9 and briefly being locked in a cell ...

St. Louis activist Khanika Harper found the perfect way to marry her passion for justice with the power of love: She became a ...

After several meetings since June on the possibilities for a new jail, the Fond du Lac County Jail Ad Hoc Committee released its findings Feb. 11.

A circle of criminal justice advocates have long pushed to create an independent body to monitor the Arizona Department of ...

Currie said her bill would ensure that all inmates would receive care, even if they can't afford the fees prisons charge.

A Barton man who was charged last week with assaulting Sayre police officers attempted to escape from prison and take his own life on Saturday after being arrested the previous ...

Leadership at the Williams County Correctional Center has reinforced existing policies and procedures related to center security after an individual impersonating a U.S. Immigration and Customs ...