In Mississippi, incarcerated trusties cleaned chicken houses, fixed cars and installed flooring for the benefit of a local ...

The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) has identified several staff members as persons of interest in the investigation ...

Raysean M. Colvin, 20; Damion D. Weeden Sr., 44; and John A. Hammond Jr., 45, all of Alton, plus Vernon G. McIntosh, 39, of ...

Which are the top 10 worst prisons in Pennsylvania? Discover about prisons in Pennsylvania that have faced significant ...

Not every facility has faced the same fate. One became a popular museum, while others have been sold or are set for costly ...

Whetstone, 71, was serving a life sentence for capital murder at the Mississippi State Penitentiary. This is not Whetstone's first escape from prison, as he previously escaped from the Sunflower ...

In Missouri, it is unclear based on state law whether the inmate or Director of the Missouri Department of Corrections decides the method. Mississippi, Oklahoma and Wyoming authorize the use of ...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul says 15 staff members at Mid-State Correctional Facility outside Utica have been placed on leave after the death of inmate ... several new prison reform policies ...

New York state’s Department of Corrections and Community Supervision is struggling to keep striking officers on the job, as it grapples with the fallout from two high-profile inmate deaths and ...

THE GOVERNOR GIVES HIS STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS AT ... who is incarcerated is accused of killing a fellow inmate at a South Florida corrections facility.Dillon L. Parker, 39, was arrested ...

At the prisons, a life signs monitoring system is being trialled to track inmates’ vital signs remotely, enabling prison officers to respond more quickly to incidents such as falls and abnormal ...