Long before it became an ICE detention center, the Miami Correctional Facility was constantly beset by violence fueled largely by gangs and drugs.

Legislation targeting what advocates call a “humanitarian crisis” in Massachusetts prisons would enhance educational opportunities, mental health services, and other standards across the system, ...

Prison staff have been ordered to put an end to “catastrophic” industrial action after about 5000 staff in NSW walked off the ...

The Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects prisoners from cruel and unusual punishment, but that’s just part of the story.

Christopher Boose awoke to see a sign for the paraplegic unit at the hospital where he had arrived five hours earlier, ...

A decade ago, Nebraska’s corrections department allowed hundreds of inmates to leave prison early through a program that few — including judges, lawmakers and the public — knew existed.

As Florida continues to add to a modern-era record for executions in a year, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday said he is bringing justice to victims’ families.

A court has refused to reopen the case of a man who brutally assaulted four Corrective Services officers after his sentence ...

WREG Investigators have uncovered new information about the man accused of killing four Dyer County family members. Austin ...

As Florida continues to add to a modern-era record for executions in a year, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday said he is bringing justice to victims’ families. Florida has executed 15 inmates this year, ...

The bill, introduced by Rep. Brandy Fluker-Reid of Mattapan, would create universal standards for conditions that would apply in state prisons, county jails, and houses of correction, said Jesse White ...

Prison officers at correctional facilities across the state, including Goulburn, have walked off the job after a prisoner who bashed four officers received "inadequate punishment" at a court hearing ...