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

They may lower your mortality risk—and even counteract the effects of being sedentary.

The state Department of Correction is lowering the minimum age requirement to become an officer from 21 to 19 in hopes of ...

Officers hired under the age of 21 won’t be assigned to posts or duties that require a firearm but must be eligible to have a ...

The policy was implemented to expand recruitment across the department and attract younger candidates for careers in public ...

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

A settlement was reached between the Department of Correction and former and current inmates who filed a lawsuit in ...

The commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Corrections stepped down on the same day that a motion was filed accusing her of destroying notes related to an inmate's death, News 9 has learned.

Gov. Kelly Ayotte said Wednesday that John Scippa, who has a long background in law enforcement, is the right person to lead ...

Daniel Jose Lile, a registered sex offender, has been federally charged with possessing child sexual abuse images.

Helen Hanks, commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Corrections, resigned. Gov. Kelly Ayotte is naming an interim ...

In a startling shake-up, Department of Corrections Commissioner Helen Hanks resigned from her job without comment Monday.