New York State’s corrections department is struggling to keep striking officers on the job, as it grapples with the fallout ...

Authorities launched a search for an incarcerated man who walked away from a Male Community Reentry Program facility.

A 41-year-old Wisconsin man previously convicted of sexual assault of a minor and is a registered sex offender was arrested ...

Correction officers spend unstructured time with the incarcerated in the new model, hoping to stem problems before they start.

Seneca County Board of Supervisors Chair Mike Enslow was startled by an email he received Feb. 27 at nearly 10:30 p.m.

Hanging was the execution method of choice throughout most of American history, and it was used in America’s last public execution in 1936, when Rainey Bethea was put to death in Owensboro, Kentucky.

The last time such an execution took place was 15 years ago, in Utah. The South Carolina inmate chose the method because of ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul said there are indications of "extremely disturbing conduct" leading to the death of 22-year-old Messiah ...

Another inmate has died inside Wisconsin's troubled maximum security prison in Waupun, the seventh in two years. Wisconsin Department of Corrections officials confirmed to WISN 12 News Wednesday ...