An Indiana judge is mandating sex reassignment surgery for a transgender inmate, extending the ongoing legal challenge to a ...

A U.S. Bureau of Prisons inmate has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for possession of contraband within the prison ...

Scott Peterson was attacked in prison by fellow California murderer Charles Miles, corrections officials said. Peterson was ...

The order came just over 48 hours before David Leonard Wood was set to be executed by lethal injection on Thursday.

Connecticut's current five-year wait for incarcerated people to apply for sentence reductions would change to two years under ...

Two inmates are being charged with felonies after a prison attack led to another inmate dying from a brain injury. Julius ...

Salvadoran President and self-proclaimed “world’s coolest dictator” Nayib Bukele is cozying up to Trump. He’s viewed as a ...

A Wilkes-Barre man serving a state prison sentence for trafficking fentanyl and heroin from a motel in Plains Township pled ...

An Albany woman pleaded guilty Monday to lacing copy paper and business envelopes with synthetic marijuana and sending the ...

State police at Selinsgrove want Snyder County corrections officers to transport county inmates to court hearings. Cpl. Garrett Marvich addressed the Snyder County Prison Board on Thursday about ...

A sixth inmate has died at a troubled maximum security prison in southern Wisconsin. The state Department of Corrections ...

Inmates around the country have complained about dangerous "kennel" vans, which have metal benches and walls, a prisoner advocacy group says.