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).

Fewer people died inside the prisons than in 2023, when prisoners were five times as likely to die as the national average.

A Columbia County inmate has died in state custody. James Adam Wright Jr. died Friday, January 17, 2025 at the Larry B. Norris, said Rand Champion, Communications director for the Arkansas Department ...

A bipartisan group of Missouri lawmakers wants more oversight over the prison system — as deaths in custody reach their ...

Following years of decline, the state's prison population jumped by 8% in 2022, and signs indicate it's still on the rise.

The state's private prisons see higher numbers of deaths and sexual assaults while providing less opportunity for support and education.

Three Massachusetts inmates are scheduled to be arraigned Thursday in connection with a brutal attack that injured five correction officers inside Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Lancaster, ...

Staff vacancies require corrections officers to work at least 16- or 24-hour shifts, and the mandatory overtime takes a toll.

A new fire broke out Wednesday night along the 405 Freeway. The fire was burning on the east side of the freeway near the ...

Gov. Kelly Ayotte is implementing a hiring freeze for state employees ahead of what's expected to be a difficult budget ...

Jenkins' uniform has nine blue stripe patches. Each represent five years of service in the Department of Correction.

Lawyers for a South Carolina inmate set to die by lethal injection next week want his execution halted so they can get more ...