Increased use of compassionate release could ease costs and crowding with minimal risks to public safety, experts say. But it ...

The Wisconsin Department of Justice issued an Amber Alert for a missing 6-year-old girl, Ruby Lehmann. Officials in Portage County believe Ruby is with Jordan Coyle, 34. Coyle is a registered sex ...

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says the state stopped a "conspiracy" to distribute drugs and other contraband items into the state's largest prison. Five people, including one former ...

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect new information. One of three Madison County Jail escaped inmates, Brandon Forbes, 43, is back in custody, according to the Madison County Sheriff ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The South Dakota Department of Corrections is notifying law enforcement and the public about the pending release of a high-risk state prison offender. Carl Six Toes, 49, ...

In an update to lawmakers, the DOC reported a population of 487 at Stillwater and scaled-down staffing as the facility works toward full closure by 2029. Inmates’ cells at Minnesota Correctional ...

According to the criminal complaint, Lipscomb kicking and stomped on the victim’s head 40 times on May 21, 2024 at the ...

Trial began Monday in the case of an Arkansas Department of Corrections inmate who filed a lawsuit against the state after he was stabbed in 2020 by a fellow inmate who had reportedly told prison ...

DARLINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — Three inmates at the Darlington County jail are facing additional charges after a contraband search turned up multiple phones and a homemade weapon, according to the ...

UPDATE (Sept. 22, 2025): The Kern County Sheriff’s Office identified the escaped inmate as Francisco Garcia, 23. Garcia was previously convicted of two counts of attempted homicide, and firearms ...

One escaped inmate from the Brown County Jail has been captured, but another remains at large and is believed to have been "contained in a large wooded area" in northern Kentucky.Deputies said Roy ...