In a devastating turn of events, 42-year-old Jimmy Trammell was killed during a violent gang-related riot at Washington State ...

A family expected to reunite at the gates of Washington State Prison on Wednesday, but instead spent the evening holding a ...

The ACLU of Kentucky is investigating how LMDC uses “inmate observers,” who are incarcerated people used to monitor others in ...

A presidential pardon initiative intended as a gesture of reconciliation has been manipulated into a pay-for-freedom scheme ...

Female inmate found dead in cell at Marion County jail; natural causes suspected. Investigation underway by multiple agencies ...

In a landmark move to transform Ghana’s correctional facilities from centres of mere confinement into hubs of industrial ...

Dennis isn’t alone. Other users of the system complain as well. Veteran defense attorney Jeffrey Smith said the $30 million ...

One inmate is dead and another is under investigation for murder following a violent altercation earlier this month at the ...

The former corrections officer is charged with second-degree manslaughter in the death of Robert Brooks, who was beaten by ...

Since the US captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro weeks ago, many political prisoners inside El Helicoide have been ...

The Missouri Department of Corrections is exploring new options and models to provide medical services in prisons across the ...

Former prisoners say jail fees they illegally “confessed” to owing were frivolously used by the Iowa sheriff for such things ...