Facing a pending lawsuit from the California Attorney General's office over dire conditions in the jail system, officials at ...

Relatives of Rachel Robinson, 55, say she had a long history of mental illness and repeatedly sought medical help before she ...

The latest in Obamacare controversies: Inmates are eligible for expanded Medicaid, which means prisons can pass inmate health care costs on to the federal government. As the New York Times explains, ...

The Missouri Department of Corrections is exploring new options and models to provide medical services in prisons across the state. Department Director Trevor Foley told a Corrections and Public ...

Scroggins said the challenge overall is that the inmate population is high-risk, underserved and arrives with high levels of mental health and substance abuse problems. They also like to sue, she said ...

SACRAMENTO -- When the quality of health care in California's sprawling prison system was first challenged in court, it seemed only a matter of time before major reforms would take hold. Nearly two ...

A new division at the Harris County Jail seeks to improve medical care inside the state's largest pre-trial detention lockup.

RICHMOND — Virginia's prison system faces a $45 million shortfall in inmate health care through next year, even as the corrections department bears the brunt of the latest round of cuts in the ...