An Alabama inmate set to die next month is asking to be sent back to a Michigan prison. The state doesn't want him back.

A bipartisan group of Missouri lawmakers wants more oversight over the prison system — as deaths in custody reach their ...

Staff vacancies require corrections officers to work at least 16- or 24-hour shifts, and the mandatory overtime takes a toll.

Gov. Henry McMaster has tapped a North Charleston native to head the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster has picked Jake Gadsden Jr. as his nominee to be the director of the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services (PPP).

Around 20 people who work at a northern New York prison may have been exposed to drugs, the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said.Staff at Upstate Correctional Facility in Monroe ...

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

Following years of decline, the state's prison population jumped by 8% in 2022, and signs indicate it's still on the rise.

The state's private prisons see higher numbers of deaths and sexual assaults while providing less opportunity for support and education.

Nevertheless, symptoms can disrupt work, family time and rest. As an optometrist in Mississippi, Reed sees patients who ...

Fewer people died inside the prisons than in 2023, when prisoners were five times as likely to die as the national average.