West Virginia's only maximum security prison says it is facing an ongoing water shortage. In a statement issued to media just ...

Both Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature say they want the aging Green Bay ...

The majority of inmates at Collin County Detention Center have served time in jail before, and officials are working to ...

A facility designed to treat mental health disorders among Douglas County inmates hit a major milestone Wednesday.

In a court order this week, Judge Daniel Lynch wrote that the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision ...

Utica, N.Y. — A third New York state corrections officer has pleaded guilty in connection with the fatal beating of an inmate earlier this year at a Central New York prison. The corrections officer, ...

Marcy, N.Y. — A former Mid-State corrections officer admitted Friday to trying to cover up a fatal beating of an inmate in March. Joshua Bartlett has agreed to cooperate against others in exchange for ...

Nicholas Vitale II, 33, of Holland Patent, pleaded guilty before Oneida County Court Judge Michael R. Nolan Tuesday morning, ...

One of the correction officers indicted related to the beating death of an inmate at the Mid-State Correctional Facility has admitted to his role in the cover-up. Nicholas ...

The Legislature did its job passing changes in the wake of two killings; the governor needs to act with speed to make them ...

The Legislature has responded to the recent killings of two inmates by New York State corrections officers inside prisons ...

After homicides behind bars and strikes by guards, Gov. Kathy Hochul made changes to New York’s budget. That did not satisfy ...