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 ...

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

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — Prison officials are investigating after an inmate at Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem died, Tuesday.

A former Anoka County correctional officer has been charged with criminal sexual conduct for having an intimate relationship with an inmate.

Andy had volunteered to work overtime on Christmas so other officers could take the day off. He was alone in his guard shack ...

Vice President JD Vance's "Hillbilly Elegy" was among the books involved in an alleged scheme to smuggle drugs into Ohio prisons, court records say.

Vice President JD Vance's "Hillbilly Elegy" was one of the books involved in an alleged scheme to smuggle drugs into Ohio prisons, court records say.

An Orange County inmate died during his hospital stay on Sunday, officials confirmed. The O.C. Sheriff’s Department said the 72-year-old inmate was booked into the Theo Lacy Facility, a maximum ...