CoreCivic, the sole private prison operator in the state, currently meets the threshold for reduction, according to state Sen. Mark Pody, who introduced the bill during legislative debate.

U.S. Teacher Seized by Russia Is Located in Prison For months, the family of Stephen James Hubbard could not find him in the Russian prison system. New text messages cast doubt on his conviction.

Explore hazardous drinking water at Mule Creek State Prison, environmental injustice and reporting by an incarcerated journalist in California.

This session, four prison heat-related bills filed by House members have been referred to the House Corrections Committee: HB 1315, HB 2997, HB 3006, and HB 489.

R. Kelly Seeks Release From Prison, Claiming Officers Tried to Have Him Killed by Fellow Inmate The disgraced R&B star is serving a 30-year prison sentence for multiple sex crimes.

Prison staff found Maier dead in his cell just before 3:30 p.m. Feb. 22, 2024. The medical examiner estimated he had likely died hours before. An investigation by the Dodge County Sheriff's Office ...

Todd Chrisley, who was released from prison last month along with wife Julie Chrisley after being pardoned by Donald Trump, shared his first social media message of freedom.

R. Kelly's lawyers are requesting his release after an alleged murder-for-hire plot in his North Carolina prison. Born Robert Kelly, the 58-year-old singer has been serving a 30-year sentence for ...

Unrest in a prison northeast of Nashville has been contained, the sheriff says, and all prisoners returned to their cells after officers sprayed chemical agents into the prison yard.

A man who protested the death of George Floyd is headed to federal prison, five years later, after throwing a barricade at a police officer in May 2020.

R. Kelly's attorneys file an emergency motion seeking home detention, alleging that prison officials are scheming with racist inmates to have the singer killed.

A violent riot at Trousdale Turner Correctional Facility has prompted families and officials to call for state takeover of the CoreCivic-run prison.