According to one mother who spoke with her son who is in the jail, inmates screamed out: "We're going to die back here. There ...

When criminals are released from prison, the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) is tasked with keeping a close eye on ...

When the Illinois Department of Corrections shut down the century-old Stateville Correctional Center in September, officials transferred 278 inmates convicted of murder and dozens more serving time fo ...

A former South Carolina Department of Corrections Captain was arrested on Feb. 5, charged with misconduct in office for distributing confidential information.

A 60-year-old inmate died Thursday at a Lincoln corrections facility, the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services said.

The lawsuit said Utah Department of Corrections denied the complainant — a transgender woman — equal access to health care services by repeatedly ignoring her requests ...

A new law will require the Department of Corrections to help state inmates get some form of state identification before they are released. The law, which went into effect in January, requires the ...

Leon Morrell's bond was set at $50K . Morrell was a former captain in the prison system and is accused of a slew of charges ...

Police are searching for two inmates who escaped from the Jim E. Hamilton Correctional Center in Hodgen, Oklahoma, on Feb. 8 at 11:15 a.m.

In a plea agreement filed in late January, Benjamin Shoemaker agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge of conspiracy against rights as well as two counts of deprivation of rights.

Steve Coleman was kept for 21 months after his parole date because the state could not find a nursing home placement.