Gov. Josh Shapiro's administration says it's recommending the closure of Rockview state prison and the Quehanna boot camp amid longer-term national trends of shrinking prison populations.

John Kavanagh and would require the Arizona Department of Administration to lease the Marana Prison to the U.S. government ...

If shut down, inmates from the prisons would be transferred to the other 22 state prison facilities scattered across the ...

The closure of these facilities could have significant negative impacts on not only the employees and their families, but our communities and local economy as a whole,” state Rep. Paul Takac said.

The announcement opens up a 3-month public comment period, including public hearings, before a final decision is made. Gov.

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

Daniel Noboa and his main challenger Luisa Gonzalez received near identical percentages of the vote.

The most prolific serial arsonist in American history, John Orr, 75, spoke out from Mule Creek State Prison to defend his ...

About a dozen US justice department employees who worked on investigations into Donald Trump have been fired by his administration, according to the BBC's US partner CBS News "Act ...

Federal prison records confirm at least five Washington men were released from custody Monday night after President Donald Trump issued sweeping pardons and sentence commutations for the hundreds ...

The director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has resigned from her position, while a Biden-era executive order that sought to phase out the use of private prisons has been repealed amid ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The state prison system in South Dakota is seeing its share of violence. There are currently more than a hundred court cases involving prison inmates in the hands of ...