The Department of Corrections justified its $553 million request to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Safety ...

The fire was sparked when an inmate tried to use an electrical outlet as a lighter, according to the president of the ...

Bureau of Prisons Director Colette Peters is out as the head of the beleaguered agency and her track record was mixed.

A Republican lawmaker from Lane proposed changing the name from Department of Corrections to Department of Corruption ...

Former Tennessee Department of Correction employee Rustin Bowen is convicted of charges involving multiple child victims.

Arica Elizabeth Siegel has a criminal history dating back nearly 19 years. She is wanted for a probation violation and new charges, too.

The Missouri Department of Corrections announced that an inmate at the Jefferson City Correctional Center died at a Jefferson ...

An inmate at Jefferson City Correctional Center died on Tuesday, according to a Wednesday press release from the Missouri ...

The new agreement includes a plan to send 240 Montana inmates to the company's private prison in Tutwiler, Mississippi.

Nicholas pleaded guilty to Unlawful Possession of a Weapon by a Felon, a class 2 felony, and was sentenced to 7 years in the ...

Having these resources available to them on-island will better support our staff’s physical and emotional health and ensure ...

Records obtained by CBS Colorado show the Colorado Department of Corrections purchased hundreds of Motorola cameras for the ...