A former prison officer gunned down outside a gym became 'disillusioned' with the job, a court heard. Lenny Scott was shot ...

Jefferson County Sheriff Zena Stephens provided a glimpse into the ongoing renovations at the county jail, highlighting ...

A spokesperson for the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction says it affected 64 inmates in two housing blocks at Eastern Correctional. NCDAC was able to get temporary AC units to help at the ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation had restricted inmate movements and suspended privileges at 21 ...

Ecuador’s most wanted man and leader of the Los Choneros gang, Jose Adolfo Macias, was captured on Wednesday, according to ...

After a request for information from the Project Prison Reset Task Force, Box Elder has been added to the list of potential ...

Western Australia's jails are so overcrowded that as many as four prisoners have been left crammed into one cell hundreds of ...

The state has paid out nearly $900,000 to settle lawsuits tied to double-bunking deaths in recent years. Nebraska's prisons ...

New Orleans artist and activist jackie sumell’s nonprofit, Freedom to Grow, takes a plant-powered approach to encourage ...

Titans special teams coach John Fassel teams with Prison Fellowship to help kids with incarcerated parents through a camp.

California proposal would move some inmates into single-occupancy cells 03:21. In a unique alliance, prisoners at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center and California district attorneys are ...

In tiny cells uncovered at a central Tasmanian town, prisoners were once given nothing more than a bucket, a straw mattress and a blanket. Only 1 metre by 2 metres in size, the cells were a place ...