Chautauqua County’s attorneys want a mother’s lawsuit over the death of her son in the Chautauqua County Jail to be heard in federal court. Antoinette Scott of Gowanda filed a wrongful death lawsuit ...

GEO Group, now one of the major players in corrections, built a facility in Jena in the late 1990s. It later won a contract ...

President Donald Trump's administration has targeted the federal agency that supports libraries for downsizing. Washington ...

Exclusive: Rock Hill’s James “Jimmy” Robertson has spent 26 years on South Carolina’s death row after he was convicted in ...

North Dakota senators narrowly rejected a proposal to add $1 million for a “life education committee” in the Office of ...

An Ellicottville, N.Y., man who led police on a two-state, high-speed chase in January 2024 while on bail in another matter was sentenced to state prison Thursday ...

The House wants to use $330 million for 43 additional beds, while the Senate is looking to spend $285 million on fewer. Some lawmakers proposed scrapping the plan for a new facility entirely.

Plans to build a new State Hospital in Jamestown, North Dakota, are in limbo as the House and Senate look for a compromise on what the project is worth.

JAMESTOWN — A 51-year-old man was sentenced recently in Southeast District Court in Jamestown for his role in a two-boat ...

A violent assault on a correctional officer at Sierra Conservation Center has thrown California’s prison reform strategy into ...

One day care worker is accused of handling children in a rough manner, while another is accused of pushing wood chips into a child's mouth.

He’s now serving prison time rather than finishing his term in the state legislature. But today, North Dakota lawmakers ...