Blaming 1970s infrastructure that apparently has not been properly maintained, the Montana Department of Corrections ...

In an act reminiscent of Mamie Till’s profound gesture of defiance, Steven Davis’ mother carried a photo of her beaten son’s ...

Audio recordings and records obtained by InvestigateWest reveal incomplete investigations, omitted evidence and questions ...

One week after a catastrophic water system failure at Montana State Prison, state corrections officials opened the gates Friday to give media a firsthand look a ...

High in the hills above Medellín stands La Catedral — the prison Pablo Escobar built for himself. Complete with a bar, jacuzzi, waterfall, and soccer field, it was less a cell and more a kingdom where ...

A Cumberland state prison inmate's death is under investigation, according to Maryland State Police.State police said North Branch Correctional Institution officials called for investigators on ...

Two inmates at California State Prison Solano are under investigation after an inmate died following a prison yard attack Wednesday morning. According to the California Department of Corrections and ...

Plans to close an aging Jessup, Maryland, state prison next year include transferring inmates to at least two Hagerstown-area prisons and possibly all three, though details are not final, according to ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The death of a 25-year-old offender in the state prison in Sioux Falls is “being aggressively investigated in collaboration with the Division of Criminal Investigation and ...

LOWCOUNTRY, S.C. (WCIV) — Attorney General Alan Wilson announced Wednesday that he has joined a coalition of 22 other state attorneys general to call for the use of cell phone jamming technologies in ...

ALBANY – An advisory panel of state and union officials established in the wake of the 22-day state correction officer strike earlier this year is asking state leaders to expand the use of segregated ...

HBO’s new documentary "The Alabama Solution" reveals hidden footage and inmate testimony exposing abuse in Alabama prisons.