Hawaiʻi has agreed to open its prisons and jails for inspection by two national experts who will assess the state’s troubled ...

A pair of national experts will determine what is needed to improve services for mentally ill inmates. Then lawmakers will be ...

Glynn Simmons and Richard Phillips were exonerated after decades in prison. Their stories reflect huge disparities in who ...

With overcrowding at one of Washington's two youth prisons hitting a crisis point, state lawmakers this legislative session have homed in on juvenile crime and incarceration, hoping to ...

Former Tennessee state Sen. Brian Kelsey, who was sentenced to 21 months on campaign finance violations, says he has received a presidential pardon after serving two weeks in federal prison.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A strike that paralyzed New York's prison system for three weeks ended Monday with most workers returning to their jobs and state officials ... died at a hospital the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A major jump in modern medicine for Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center has arrived. The hospital is among the first in the country to utilize brand-new technology that ...

BOISE, Idaho — The woman who helped two men escape following the Saint Alphonsus hospital shooting in Boise in March 2024 was sentenced to 10 years in prison. As part of an agreement with ...

IONE – Convicted killer Scott Peterson was hurt in an incident involving another person at Mule Creek State Prison over the weekend, officials say. The California Department of Corrections and ...

What to Know More than 2,000 New York prison guards who were fired for illegally walking off the job were barred Tuesday from being hired for other state jobs by Gov. Kathy Hochul as officials ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) announced roughly 2,000 prison guards who continued to strike illegally on Monday would be fired and banned from future state jobs. The State Department of Corrections and ...

CARSON CITY (KTNV) — Over a dozen people are now facing charges after three inmates were killed in a prison brawl at Ely State Prison. The incident happened on July 30, 2024. According to the ...