State prisons in the United States became more violent and nearly 50% deadlier over the past five years as authorities ...

Matthew Carey, a former Franklin County Sheriff's deputy, admitted he told an inmate in the jail that another inmate was charged with a sex crime.

Four inmates at Beaumont's federal prison have been charged with murder after the November death of another inmate, according ...

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections has a number of AI initiatives underway to provide safety and money-saving improvements.

Fighting that broke out at a Georgia state prison over the weekend left three inmates dead and injured a corrections officer and 13 more inmates, the Georgia Department of Corrections said Monday. The ...

Women hoping to visit their loved ones at New York prisons are being turned away after scanners pick up what they say are ...

The Hochul administration is being accused of covering up crimes in prisons by downgrading attacks committed by inmates against guards as “harassment” or “disruptive behavior” instead of assaults. A ...

Family members and attorneys say the Alabama prison system has moved three well-known inmate activists to isolated cells ...

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