The South Carolina Department of Corrections announced the incident happened Friday at Lee Correctional Institution.

A sergeant at an Alabama women’s prison has been arrested and charged with custodial sexual misconduct, officials announced ...

Kentucky State Police search for two inmates who escaped from Blackburn Correctional Complex Sunday night, but several ...

Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Cheryl Strange, a key figure in "gender-affirming care" for trans inmates, to the ...

The Board of Corrections voted Friday to approve the purchase of an 815-acre property in Charleston with plans to build build ...

The lawsuit says the lack of air conditioning in prisons amounts to "cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth ...

The North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DOCR) is facing a flood of prisoners, forcing it to respond ...

The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) announced new efforts for contraband detection and prevention.The department ...

State officials are investigating the death of a prisoner at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center (SBCC) in Lancaster. The inmate, whose name has not been released, reportedly died Wednesday at ...

Roxsandra Wright, a former correction officer at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution in Shirley, was arrested on ...

Some state lawmakers on Thursday peppered state Department of Corrections officials with questions about correctional ...