Seven people have been charged following the discovery of alleged fraudulent sexual abuse compensation claims.

When the Illinois Department of Corrections shut down the century-old Stateville Correctional Center in September, officials transferred 278 inmates convicted of murder and dozens more serving time fo ...

A 34-year-old former teacher at SanLee Middle School was sentenced to 18 to 26 years in the North Carolina Department of ...

When criminals are released from prison, the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) is tasked with keeping a close eye on ...

Lawyers for 25,000 people incarcerated in Arizona have asked a judge to take over health care operations in state-run prisons ...

ODOC officials announced on Wednesday that two inmates walked away from a prison in Hodgen had been captured in Arkansas.

Law enforcement officials are investigating after an inmate at the Hennepin County Jail was allegedly caught with legal ...

Timothy Harper, 54, of Clovis, pled guilty to Possession of visual medium of sexual exploitation and Bestiality on Monday. He was also sentenced to 11 and a half years in the Department of ...

Champaign County Jail updates restraint chair tracking after investigation raises concerns about reporting and practices.

The Department of Correctional Services has launched a manhunt for an inmate who escaped from the Pollsmoor Correctional Centre in the Western Cape.According to the department, the 35-year-old man, ...

The lawsuit said Utah Department of Corrections denied the complainant — a transgender woman — equal access to health care services by repeatedly ignoring her requests ...