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

Dozens of disabled workers hired through the nonprofit PRIDE Industries are losing their jobs at a California prison after a ...

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.

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

Three Massachusetts inmates are scheduled to be arraigned Thursday in connection with a brutal attack that injured five correction officers inside Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Lancaster, ...

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

A new fire broke out Wednesday night along the 405 Freeway. The fire was burning on the east side of the freeway near the ...

Gov. Kelly Ayotte is implementing a hiring freeze for state employees ahead of what's expected to be a difficult budget ...

South Carolina's latest execution should be halted so that lawyers for the condemned inmate can get more information about ...

A Maryland prison inmate has been hospitalized after testing positive for Legionnaires’ Disease, a serious form of pneumonia ...

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