Inmate Marcus Pratt pleads guilty to threatening a federal judge, facing up to 20 years in additional prison time.

A proposed law would require the state Department of Correction to produce a report on what it would take to institute non-invasive body scanners in order to limit the use of strip searches.

High-security prisons across California have tightly restricted movement, calls and visits while officials probe a surge in ...

A federal appeals court tossed Brittany Holberg's death sentence after it found that prosecutors failed to reveal that their primary trial witness was a paid informant.

Commissioner John Coffee asked Herring and Potter County Sheriff Brian Thomas about inmate management and expressed hope for ...

Inmate firefighters housed in California's county jails and state prisons would earn an hourly wage of up to $19 under ...

A correction officer strike may be over, but a poor sentiment remains. On Monday, New York fired more than 2,000 prison guards Monday for failing to return to work after a weekslong wildcat strike ...

EVERY prisoner in Kenya now has access to safe drinking water in all of the country’s 135 prison facilities, following a groundbreaking achievement by WaterStep. The company is a global leader in safe ...

The author said her legislation would allow prisons to continue what they have probably been doing all along but would codify privacy and safety protections for inmates and others.

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford announced 20 people are facing murder charges related to the death of 3 inmates.

Tucked away five miles south of Newton, Iowa, Newton Correctional Facility holds 938 low- and medium-security inmates. The ...