It's more costly to house inmates at higher security levels, but the Michigan Corrections Organization says the system needs ...

An inmate at the Stiles Unit, Robert Gonzalez, has died of natural causes, according to the Texas Department of Criminal ...

Christopher Marx, an inmate at the Pima County Jail, alleges his life was put at risk because proper precautions were not taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19 during his time in custody ...

A North Texas man faced execution on Wednesday for fatally stabbing his girlfriend and her 8-year-old son nearly 13 years ago. Cedric Ricks was sentenced to death for the May 2013 ...

The latest Legislative session is set to come to a close this week, though lawmakers have already filed hundreds of bills for consideration. But of these hundreds of bills, only a portion have ...

Medicaid is now paying for health care in jails and prisons, helping smooth inmates’ return to the community. Corrections and law enforcement officials say they’re all for it.

Rockdale County deputies helped Immigration and Customs Enforcement track and recapture an inmate on Monday afternoon who ...

The Republican governor commuted the death sentence of 75-year-old Charles Lee “Sonny” Burton. Burton had been set for execution on Thursday, March 12.

The man who opened fire in a classroom at Virginia’s Old Dominion University completed a drug treatment program that allowed ...

A state police investigation determined the death of a 46-year-old Snyder County inmate in Clinton County Prison on Nov. 17 was a suicide.

The last prison guard to see Jeffrey Epstein alive made suspicious cash deposits in the 12 months before his death, US ...

The jail death of a man who suffered from mental illness drew criminal charges against Alabama guards. The sheriff says he’s done nothing wrong.