With the closure of SCI Rockview in Bellefonte on the chopping block under Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget proposal, local officials expect that a fairly smooth transition will be put in place for the jail ...

An incident at the Collins Correctional Facility led to a lockdown Wednesday for the facility’s staff and incarcerated individuals. Wednesday afternoon, the Department of Corrections and Community ...

The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision is investigating an incident at the Collins ...

Texas is scheduled to execute a man convicted of killing two men as part of a 2004 dispute with his boss at a strip club, and ...

Pregnant inmate Caitlyn Macrery is reporting inadequate nutrition and prenatal care at Perryville State Prison as ACLU moves to provide more oversight to what they call constitutional and human rights ...

Under the Illinois public records law, AP obtained a list of 406 inmates housed at Stateville as of August 2024 and matched ...

The Ashtabula County Board of Commissioners hosted a pair of public meetings on proposed plans for an expanded Ashtabula County Jail Wednesday.

Lawyers for 25,000 people incarcerated in Arizona have asked a judge to take over health care operations in state-run prisons ...

The ACLU and federal court monitors continue to step in to implement systemic healthcare reform at Arizona state prisons. Meanwhile, a pregnant inmate at the Perryville complex describes her ...

Two states are set to see pauses on executions end as Arizona, Louisiana and South Carolina gave execution dates to three men ...

A bill to reduce opportunities for early release and work programs for North Dakota inmates is advancing through the state ...

The father of Robert Brooks, the man who died after being beaten by Marcy Corrections officers, was at the New York State Capitol. He met with New York lawmakers ...