House Bill 556 would reimburse counties more money for housing state inmates in their jails.

It's more costly to house inmates at higher security levels, but the Michigan Corrections Organization says the system needs ...

Two former correctional officers from Federal Correctional Institution Forrest City pleaded guilty Wednesday to corruption charges in two unrelated cases that occurred in the same facility.

Prison officer Zoe Oldham pleaded guilty to misconduct in a public office after she sent racy videos of herself to an inmate who would confront other inmates who he believed had been mean to her ...

With the jail at capacity and aging, Jim Wells County faces tough choices as a near $1M inmate transport bill looms over the ...

Eight Muslim inmates pepper sprayed while praying in a Missouri prison have been awarded $667,000 in damages by a federal jury.

Another man involved in the crime, Derrick DeBruce, was the person who actually pulled the trigger. Both men were originally ...

Nicholas Reyes, an assistant math professor at UT Austin, organizes a fundraiser for the Texas Prison Education Initiative ...

An ex-prison officer has been sentenced to eight months in jail after officers discovered her secret sexts with an inmate. Liverpool Crown Court heard that Zoe Oldham had sent pictures of her genitals ...

The Muscatine County Jail was promised a 75% increase in potential revenue for holding federal immigration detainees during ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of a 75-year-old inmate who was set to be executed this week even though he was not in the building when the victim was killed during a 1991 robbe ...

Numerous inmates at Nome's Anvil Mountain Correctional Center are facing riot and assault charges following a January brawl, Alaska State Troopers said Monday. The Jan. 7 incident took place ...