An organization monitoring public policy in Florida is advocating for the state to establish a Criminal Justice Commission to help improve the prison system.

After eight years in “the hole” at Texas’ Lane Murray Unit, Kwaneta Harris documents the “daily reality” of staff sexual ...

Jakaleb Thomas, a correctional officer trainee, was arrested after a joint investigation by the Columbia County Sheriff’s ...

A man who shot and killed an off-duty police officer is scheduled to become the fifth person executed in South Carolina since ...

Howard Frank's new book "Chameleon" is about Michael Parrish, who murdered his girlfriend and their young son in the Poconos ...

The feds are adding thousands of beds to hold families in Texas, which reportedly holds the most immigrants of any state at ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul has issued an executive order that will bar more than 2,000 corrections officers who were fired for ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — More than 2,000 New York prison guards who were fired for illegally walking off the job were barred ...

Texas lawmakers are pushing more than 100 bills to clamp down on crime, threatening to overcrowd the state’s jails and ...

NEW YORK STATE (WRGB) — The Department of Corrections and Community Supervision reported Saturday evening that they have reached a mutual agreement with NYSCOPBA that will bring striking ...

The sound of electricity sizzling and crackling broke the silence. To me, it looked like the electric chair was officially back in the prisons.

LIVINGSTON COUNTY, N.Y. — Negotiations between the union representing striking corrections officers and the state broke down early Saturday morning. The talks, which lasted from 8 p.m. Friday ...