Three former Baldwin State Prison inmates were acquitted Sept. 4 on murder charges by a jury in Baldwin County Superior Court ...

The Vermont Department of Corrections announced on Tuesday that Superintendent Michaela Merrill is back on the job after a ...

The state's plan to build a 3,000-bed prison in Franklin County is under intense scrutiny once again as local citizens and ...

With the new Westville Correctional Facility under construction, plans to redevelop the current Indiana State Prison in Michigan City have been halted. After a decision by then Governor Eric Holcomb ...

Some wings in the oldest portions of the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton date back nearly 200 years. The smallest cells, like the one pictured, measure four by seven feet. (Photo courtesy of New ...

A prisoner at the High Desert State Prison was found dead inside the Indian Springs facility, authorities said Thursday. Jared Beebe, 39, was pronounced dead Sunday at the prison, the Nevada ...

There are approximately 50,000 veteran Islamic State members and their families currently being held at 27 prisons and detention centers across northeast Syria. They have been a frequent target of ...

A SOUTHERN INDIANA MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING AND DECAPITATING HIS FATHER WILL BE MOVED TO ANOTHER JAIL FACILITY FOR HIS OWN SAFETY. WLKY’S DEANDRIA TURNER WAS AT THE LATEST HEARING IN A CASE THAT HAS NOT ...

Michigan City officials had been eagerly eyeing the redevelopment of the 165-year-old Indiana State Prison that's long been considered a drag on property values and developments on the west side of ...

Nebraska will allow the Trump administration to use a state prison in McCook as America's latest immigration detention center, Gov. Jim Pillen's office announced Tuesday. The state will transfer more ...

Over a hundred legal advocacy and prisoner rights groups called on the state to pursue more ways to shrink the state’s prison population, including expanded use of clemency powers. A week after ...

State corrections officials are backing away from earlier plans to close the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City once a new $1.2 billion facility opens in 2027, saying they now intend to keep the ...