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

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, ...

A New York prisoner accused corrections officers of assault and sexual abuse. State officials deemed his claims unfounded despite footage of the encounter.

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

Officials say two California prison officers have been hospitalized after an alleged attack by an incarcerated man.

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

WREG Investigators have uncovered new information about the man accused of killing four Dyer County family members. Austin Drummond was housed in the Obion County Jail, but this ...

Several news organizations, including Tennessean publisher Gannett, have sued two state corrections officials for greater ...

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

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 ...

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.