Prison reform advocates are pushing for the creation of an independent watchdog called an ombudsman to monitor Wisconsin ...

The memo, written to staff by Director of Prisons Amber Pirraglia, announced that effective immediately, Teresa Bittinger is ...

Nearly two weeks after ending their hunger strike, Jacky Robinson Jr. and Cornel Myers expressed frustration about alleged ...

It’s a way to give prisoners an important work skill while trying to prevent them from falling back into a life of crime.

Rather than fire him, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation demoted a high-ranking official who ...

Gibson County Sheriff Paul Thomas, who was scheduled to appear in Circuit Court Tuesday, did not appear due to a rescheduled ...

Lawmakers on an audit committee got a rundown Monday about a weekslong lockdown at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in ...

If he’s put to death, Robert Roberson III, who is autistic, will become the first person in the country to be executed in a ...

As Stearns County looks at moving its jail, the St. Cloud Times looked at the most recent Minnesota Department of Corrections ...

ILLINOIS (KFVS) - Corrections officers and staff across Illinois protested outside some state prisons on Thursday, October 17 ...

Supporters of a proposition to ban forced labor in California prisons believe they have a strong message centered on ...

According to a recently released annual report from the TN Dept. of Correction (TDOC), the vacancy rate for correctional officers in state-run prisons rose to 27.6% this year, up 6.1 percentage points ...