The former prison guard received cash in exchange for smuggling contraband into federal corrections facility, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

Angelo Stephen, 33, was sentenced Thursday in federal court after pleading guilty in March before Chief U.S. District Judge ...

A report found CT schools fail to recognize the learning difficulties and traumatic experiences of young people who became ...

The House and Senate approved a pair of bills to purchase the state's last private prison outright for $312 million.

A correctional officer at California Medical Facility in Vacaville was attacked and injured while trying to remove an inmate ...

An inmate who escaped from his assigned job in Hope Hull Tuesday morning has been recaptured, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections.

Breaking news update, published at 2:01 p.m. ET] Five suspected accomplices have been arrested for allegedly helping some of ...

A mix-up in the Nebraska governor’s office has likely cost Gov. Jim Pillen his veto power for the state’s biennium budget.

The School of Criminology and Justice Studies is proud to announce a Dissertation Proposal Defense by Michael J. Mills entitled: “To Empty my Breath from its Bad Prison - Misconduct, Trauma, and the ...

Officials say Stateville’s budget has stayed relatively level because of an increase in the population of a reception center ...

Orlando Mercado, Steven Roberts Jr., and Maton Wilkins — all employed by the New Jersey Department of Corrections — were ...