The prison staffing crisis in the US has led to dangerous conditions for correctional officers, reduced rehabilitation ...

Independent filmmaker Jenifer McShane says the men at the maximum-security prison formed a quilting circle a while ago. But ...

The task force’s recommendation now has to go to the state legislature to get approved, so we’re still likely multiple years away from actually having a new men’s prison. In the meantime, Wasko says ...

Two Arkansas prison employees have been fired after an inmate known as the "Devil in the Ozarks" escaped in May. Corrections ...

South Dakota media outlets had a rare opportunity to tour Sioux Falls' main prison and interview state DOC Secretary Kellie ...

Two former West Virginia correctional officers have been sentenced to decades in prison for their roles in an assault that ...

Brian Koehn, a Marine Corps veteran and former warden, is leading a movement to transform the criminal justice system with ...

During the heat wave late last month, a Cleveland Public Power substation fire caused a power outage in much of downtown ...

Regarding the story “ Jail officer detained by ICE had applied for asylum,” (June 18), it’s outrageous that a Cumberland County Jail corrections officer, with a work permit and pending ...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state’s correctional officers can sue the Department of Corrections as a class in an effort to get compensation for the time it takes the officers to ...

SUFFIELD, Conn. — After an inmate overdosed at a Connecticut prison on Friday, five corrections officers were treated for various symptoms related to drug exposure, according to the state ...