Secretary Leslie Cooley Dismukes says DAC’s biggest hurdles are staffing shortages and addressing physical and behavioral health care needs.

A former federal probation officer will have to wait another three months to find out how long he will serve after pleading guilty to child pornography charges in U.S. District Court Tuesday afternoon ...

One year after the death of Joshua Garbutt in the Trinity County Jail, his mother, Stacy Hettinger, held a protest demanding ...

Part two of the Eagle’s deep dive into the history of Rikers and how it may impact the troubled jail complex’s future.

New federal lawsuit details a litany of abuse that the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and its staff allegedly ...

Jerome Ersland, the former Oklahoma City pharmacist serving a life sentence for murder, was denied commutation on ...

A Nebraska legislator has proposed a new law to end “double-bunking” of two inmates in a cell designed for one — a situation ...

As a federal judge considers taking Rikers Island out of the city’s control and handing it to a court-appointed receiver, the ...

Charizma Jones’s family expected her to return home from Rikers Island by the holiday season, says their lawyer MK Kaishian.

Cecilia Sala said Thursday she had cried with joy twice during her three-week solitary confinement in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison, once when she had managed to see the sky and again when she saw a ...

A man convicted of murder has launched legal action against the Commissioner of Corrections and the Minister of Justice, ...

Staffers at Red Onion State Prison in Virginia weighed whether to charge the inmates “thousands of dollars for the hospital ...