Shragai noted that Yahya Sinwar had been released by a 2011 deal that traded more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for one ...

An inmate at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Center near Otay Mesa allegedly attacked an officer with an “improvised weapon” on Sunday evening, state corrections officials said. Nelson Barrera, who ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration says it's recommending the closure of Rockview state prison and the Quehanna boot camp ...

The South Carolina Supreme Court has set a March 7 date for the latest execution in the state’s suddenly busy death chamber ...

“Pride Industries is thrilled with the recent decision by the State Personnel Board to extend our contract at the California ...

Granting clemency would affirm our commitments to justice and human rights and to a vision of dignity and fairness for all.” ...

These medications are life and death for someone coming out of custody and in that state,” said Mary Taylor, a clinical ...

These medications are life and death for someone coming out of custody and in that state,” said Mary Taylor, a clinical ...

Dr Scott Lee, 70, abused prisoners at the California Institution for Women in Chino over a seven year period, according to a civil lawsuit brought by his alleged victims.

The suit says that for years, Dr. Scott Lee was the only full-time gynecologist at the California Institution for Women ...

Testimony delivered at the ongoing trial of three accused Aryan Brotherhood members delved into Los Angeles County's ...

In 2013, nearly 4,000 California inmates in long-term solitary confinement (for decades, in some cases) went on what would become a months-long hunger strike.