SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP) — Hugs, tears, barking and tail wagging abounded at San Quentin’s prison when two black Labradors ...

The proposals come as Republican governors in several states grapple with how to increase funding for overcrowded facilities. The Arkansas Senate voted 19-10 in favor of a bill that would have given ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state prisons will release some inmates early because the system does not have enough corrections officers, weeks after the state fired more than 2,000 guards who went on ...

Byron Osborn, president of the Michigan Corrections Organization, the union that represents corrections officers, says that ...

If the court reverses that standard entirely or in part, it could affect the sentences of hundreds of inmates who’ve spent ...

Currently, cell phone jammers are illegal. Officials say they are necessary for protecting people from inmates who get their ...

The Michigan Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments on whether the state’s felony murder standard is constitutional. We ...

R.I., who was part of the delegation, faulted the administration on Sunday for “diverting troops from their primary missions” ...

UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — A special prosecutor said Monday he made offers to resolve criminal cases against 10 New York prison ...

Deputies found the 43-year-old man unresponsive Sunday morning after he was brought in on indecent exposure charges.