Kerwin Pittman knows how hard it is to secure housing after being released from jail, so he bought an abandoned prison and is ...

An Iowa woman was sentenced to six months in prison after having a romantic relationship with an inmate while she worked as a ...

Representatives Jamie Raskin of Maryland and Robert Garcia of California, the top Democrats on the Judiciary and Oversight ...

After a 'brutal' attack at Greensville Correctional Center that left a father dead, sources are sharing more information ...

LANSING—This year, Michigan’s prison recidivism rate, or the number of people leaving prison and then returning, is the lowest on record, with nearly 80% of ex-inmates staying out of prison three ...

Some 43,000 criminals will avoid jail altogether while many convicts will be out after spending just a third of their jail ...

With the recent purchase of the former Wayne Correctional Center in Goldsboro, Kerwin Pittman is laying claim to an unusual title — he says he’s the first formerly incarcerated person in the U.S. to ...

"We need your help, and we need it now," the leader of the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction told lawmakers.

The Monmouth County woman was seeking a new trial after developments in fire science raised questions about expert testimony ...