The Department of Corrections justified its $553 million request to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Safety ...

The fire was sparked when an inmate tried to use an electrical outlet as a lighter, according to the president of the ...

Bureau of Prisons Director Colette Peters is out as the head of the beleaguered agency and her track record was mixed.

Arica Elizabeth Siegel has a criminal history dating back nearly 19 years. She is wanted for a probation violation and new charges, too.

A Republican lawmaker from Lane proposed changing the name from Department of Corrections to Department of Corruption ...

The Missouri Department of Corrections announced that an inmate at the Jefferson City Correctional Center died at a Jefferson ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster has picked Jake Gadsden Jr. as his nominee to be the director of the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services (PPP).

Nicholas pleaded guilty to Unlawful Possession of a Weapon by a Felon, a class 2 felony, and was sentenced to 7 years in the ...

Having these resources available to them on-island will better support our staff’s physical and emotional health and ensure ...

Two independent contractors who worked on Arizona executions in 2022 received $60,000 in cash each, said retired U.S. Magistrate Judge David Duncan.

The new agreement includes a plan to send 240 Montana inmates to the company's private prison in Tutwiler, Mississippi.

Records obtained by CBS Colorado show the Colorado Department of Corrections purchased hundreds of Motorola cameras for the ...