In 2017 in the initial days of Donald Trump’s first term, he instituted a government hiring freeze while exempting "essential ...

The director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has left her position amid President Donald Trump's efforts to implement ...

The order reverses Biden’s ban on private prison contracts with the Justice Department. Private immigrant detention never ...

One of President Trump's first executive orders impacts transgender inmates incarcerated in federal facilities. It's just one in a series of actions signed by Trump that target the trans community.

Drones are used for contraband delivery and the threats they pose to prisons and jails: what can local law enforcement do?.

It’s five years in federal prison for a Boynton Beach convicted of internet crimes involving the distribution of video of children enduring abuse. The United States Department of Justice provided this ...

Robert Galler, 52, of Dyersburg, was sentenced in federal and state courts for sexual abuse involving minors, receiving a ...

A former professor of communications at Virginia Tech was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for possession of child ...

A former West Virginia prison guard was convicted earlier this week on charges related to the 2022 death of an inmate at Southern Regional Jail in Raleigh County.

In an executive order, the president also moved to end gender-related medical treatments for transgender people in prison.

The director of the Federal Bureau of ... the use of private prisons has been repealed amid President Donald Trump's efforts to implement drastic reforms to the Justice Department.