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 ...

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

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

The committee voted June 17 to include more than $20 million in overtime funding for the Department of Corrections, funding ...

Arkansas’ prison oversight board on Tuesday unanimously approved a contract with two architectural engineering firms to design a planned state prison.

The Arkansas Board of Corrections approved a $57 million contract to design a proposed 3,000-bed prison in Franklin County.

Watson asked Corrections Department Chief Financial Officer Chad Brown at the May meeting if it would be “kosher within our budgeting process” to pay for the full design.

MISSOULA, Mont. — A former Missoula County corrections officer will likely avoid jail time after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting an inmate. Former corrections officer Justin Christopher ...

Training more corrections officers as emergency medical technicians. Expanding the correctional health facilities at the Alden location to provide 22 medical beds.

A correctional officer was attacked and injured during an incident at a state prison in Vacaville on Wednesday when trying to remove one of the inmates from their cell, officials said.