For the first time in more than half a century, Marie Scott is free. Scott, 72, who served more than 52 years in prison for felony murder, was released from custody on Wednesday after Gov. Josh ...

Lawmakers discussed a study of DOC's policies and operations, as well as bills dealing with hygiene products for incarcerated ...

Three inmates died following an incident at a Georgia Department of Corrections facility. About 14 inmates and one guard were ...

WILLIAMSPORT — The state Department of Corrections and the superintendent of the Muncy prison are accused in a federal civil suit of ignoring the mental health needs of a female inmate from Schuylkill ...

An inmate in a Solano County state prison is suspected of killing another incarcerated man, the California Department of ...

Maryland State Police are investigating the death of an inmate at the North Branch Correctional Institution in Cumberland, authorities said Tuesday. The inmate, identified as Jordan Polston, 32, was ...

A staff member at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution was hospitalized Saturday after being violently attacked by an ...

On Wednesday, October 29, John Sawtelle, superintendent of the State Correctional Institution at Albion, reported that a 25-year-old inmate, Andy Ortiz was found unresponsive in his cell. Staff ...

An Idaho Department of Corrections staff member has been hospitalized following a brutal assault by a convicted murderer at ...

LANSING—This year, Michigan’s prison recidivism rate, or the number of people leaving prison and then returning, is the lowest on record, with nearly 80% of ex-inmates staying out of prison three ...

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman blasted Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) for following through on legislation that sets aside a spot on the state corrections commission for a convicted criminal. The ...

Washington County Sheriff Joel Cochran released the identities of the three Washington State inmates dead after several ...