A former Colorado sheriff's deputy convicted of killing a 22-year-old man in distress who called 911 for help was sentenced Monday to three years in prison.

After multiple inmate deaths, lawsuits, and a pending Department of Justice investigation, the Charleston County Sheriff's Office says it's prioritizing transpa ...

Eight inmates at Kern Valley State Prison have been charged with murder in the stabbing death last year of another inmate.

NPR first reported on the case of Charles Givens, a disabled inmate at Virginia's Marion Correctional Treatment Center, in ...

The Fresno City Council sent a message to the parole board — keep the Tower Rapist in prison. A victim speaks out.

Tucson prison officials released the name of three men who died after a fight believed to have been started by a prisoner ...

Project Prison Reset’s task force will tour the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls as well as the rural site in Lincoln County where the state had focused on putting the penitentiary ...

The San Quentin State Prison, branded the Golden State's 'most notorious prison' by Governor Gavin Newsom, is undergoing sweeping changes to bring 'the nation's most innovative rehabilitation ...

A person was arrested after admitting to having taken a tractor valued at $60,000 in Kings County, according to the Kings ...

The state has absolute and systematic control of all forms of ... call using a ‘Chinese mobile phone’ could be sent to a reform facility or political prison camp. Your freedom and your rights are ...

'This thing is going to backfire': Toy factory CEO reacts to Trump tariffs ...

The two women, 47-year-old Tania Thomas and 62-year-old Stephanie Brinson, who also went by Stephanie Dowells, were both allegedly strangled during what the state prison system calls "family ...