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 ...

Ship attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels sinks in the Red Sea with only 6 of 25 aboard found ...

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 ...

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 ...

BOISE, Idaho — A 32-year-old man was sentenced to up to life in prison Thursday for aggravated battery on a correctional officer at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution.

OAKLAND, California — Two former correctional officers at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, have been charged with the sexual abuse of female inmates. Jeffrey Wilson ...