Inside North Carolina prisons, 13 inmates killed themselves last year. Three more died in January. State officials say they ...

Lawyers say the death of a handcuffed man who was pummeled by New York prison guards was ruled a homicide in an autopsy report.

Jose Bueno was also convicted of assault by a life prisoner. He had previously been convicted of four strikes, including for murder. Jose Bueno faces a maximum sentence of life in prison, without the ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro’s proposed state budget presented on Tuesday includes plans to close two state prisons. The $51.5 billion ...

CONTINUES. AND NEW AT SIX. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE CAMP HILL STATE PRISON SAYS AN INMATE DIED AFTER AN ASSAULT BY ANOTHER INMATE IN A RECREATION YARD. 35 YEAR OLD SPENCER CASTLE DIED THIS MORNING.

The investigation into the incidents, where employees and inmates were exposed to an unknown substance, is ongoing.

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ark. (KATV) — State Senator Brian King is developing a new project aimed at halting Governor Sarah Sanders' controversial prison expansion project in Franklin County ...

Utica, N.Y. — An inmate who was badly injured last month at a Central New York state prison has died, his family said. The inmate, Edward Sholtz, 22, died Sunday at Wynn Hospital in Utica ...

We’re presented with shocking statistics about the Alabama State Prison system. It’s one of the worst in the United States, with the highest rates of drug overdose, rape, suicide, and murder.

New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association, Inc. is calling on the New York state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to take immediate action to address the ...

After an unusually dry January, a weather system called an atmospheric river - or Pineapple Express - is now headed towards ...