State officials say Hennepin County has failed to meet ... harm or serious physical injury” to inmates at its jails.

The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) is now using a new mail delivery system meant to stop drugs and contraband from ...

According to Shannon Loehrke, the DOC's communications director, the facility's staff found a juvenile resident unresponsive ...

The traditional justice system often doesn’t meet the needs of victims or perpetrators, the office’s first director says.

MINNEAPOLIS — A wildfire burning in eastern Minnesota has forced the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to close around 4,500 acres of a state forest. The department says they're closing ...

Roxsandra Wright was arrested Saturday following an investigation by the state’s Department of Corrections and the state police, according to a statement by the Department of Corrections. She resigned ...

A Massachusetts correction officer was arrested for allegedly smuggling drugs into the MCI-Shirley prison over the weekend, the Department ... by the Massachusetts State Police Joint Narcotics ...

Illinois correctional officers are calling for the Illinois Department of Corrections to ... president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3567.

A former Massachusetts correction officer has been arrested after she was accused of smuggling illegal drugs into a state prison in Shirley, Massachusetts.Roxsandra Wright, a former correction ...

BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho Department of Correction has updated its procedures and protocols for conducting executions in the state. The department said changes were made to reflect changes made ...

A 33-year-old man is on the run after leaving the Plummer Community Corrections Center in Wilmington on Tuesday, the Delaware Department of Correction said. Ruben Bautista, of Wilmington ...