The latest attempt by former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters to secure release from a state prison fizzled out in federal court ...

The director of Idaho's prison system has laid out plans to increase protections against sexual abuse of inmates and to increase accountability for those accused. The move comes ...

In Bengaluru, Parappana Agrahara jail inmates staged a three-day hunger strike after authorities cracked down on rampant ...

It comes days after viral videos exposed prisoners using mobile phones, drinking alcohol and hosting parties inside the ...

In the past decade, more than 30 people who were experiencing a health crisis in New York prisons died of preventable or ...

The U.S. Campaign to End the Death Penalty, a coalition of over 50 organizations, has been launched to abolish capital ...

A section of the N.C. DOJ repeatedly erred and antagonized federal judges–even in cases they seemed guaranteed to win.

Arizona Department of Corrections changes inmate mail procedures, now requiring screening at a centralized hub in Phoenix ...

At least 13 inmates were found dead Sunday at a southern Ecuadorian prison ravaged by violence in recent months, the country’s prison service SNAI announced on Monday. The bodies were found after an ...

Timothy Shane, 52, escaped from Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta on Dec. 1 while in deputy custody, the Rockdale County ...

The DNA of a former corrections officer at the Atlantic County jail charged with sexually assaulting an inmate was found on ...

James E. Phillips, 47, was found guilty of attempted murder, prisoner possessing a deadly weapon and the habitual offender ...