A groundbreaking lawsuit representing prisoners forced to work in “inhumane” conditions could finally put an end to Angola ...

U.S. District Judge Brian Jackson requires Angola prison officials to monitor temperatures every 30 minutes. When heat index hits 88, Farm Line workers get regular breaks, ice, water, and shade, the ...

A Union County man was sentenced to over two decades in prison for aggravated manslaughter in a 2023 killing, officials with the prosecutor’s office said. Joe Argueta, 22, of Elizabeth was ...

Inmate hospitalized after prison fight with convicted killer. A convicted killer was involved in a fight that sent another inmate to the hospital Saturday morning at the Halawa Correctional Facility.

California’s community-based prison programs are proven to cut recidivism by half. Learn why funding rehabilitation is key for public safety and reentry.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A former correctional officer at the Southern Regional Jail was sentenced to six years and six months in federal prison Monday for her role in the 2022 beating death of ...

A prison construction workgroup voted in April to replace the penitentiary, which was built in 1881, but not the Jameson Annex, a separate building erected in the 1990s.

Charges against Akande were unsealed by the United States in November 2024, along with charges against Kehinde Oyetunji, of North Dakota and Nigeria. Oyetunji has also yet to be sentenced. In November ...

Massachusetts man sentenced to 18 years in prison for leading drug trafficking organization, officials say. Share Copy Link. Copy {copyShortcut} to copy Updated: 12:40 PM EDT Jun 8, 2025 ...

Hardin had been held at the Calico Rock prison since 2017 after pleading guilty to first-degree murder in a fatal shooting. He escaped by impersonating a corrections officer “in dress and manner,” ...

A former police chief and convicted killer known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” was captured by law enforcement 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers) northwest of the prison he escaped from following ...