"Inmates would always say if the public ever found out what the women's federal penitentiary was all about, there would be a ...

DENVER (AP) — Colorado doesn’t plan to transfer from state prison to federal custody a former county clerk who has become a ...

SOME OF THE RED INK in California’s budget deficit is coming from unplanned spending in state prisons, according to a new ...

A rape victim of the Golden State Killer says that law enforcement suppressed key evidence that might have saved lives ...

As the leadup to the 2026 midterm elections begins, social media users — among them billionaire X owner Elon Musk, who briefly served as a top advisor to President Donald Trump — have claimed ...

Advocates say we're the only state without a law requiring release of dying inmates in some circumstances, and will press the ...

CoreCivic and GEO Group profit from Trump’s immigration policies while also receiving lucrative contracts from state and local governments, including areas controlled by Democrats.

Learn how Gov. Gavin Newsom efforts to save state money through prison closures are impacting California's budget deficit and ...

The federal Bureau of Prisons is shutting down its Terminal Island facility near Los Angeles over concerns about crumbling ...

The decision to close the facility, at least temporarily, “is not easy, but is absolutely necessary,” Director William K.

A 23-year-old woman implicated in the disappearance and murder of two Australian men and their American friend in Mexico’s ...