As a judge considers appointing a receiver to oversee the jails, there are two very different plans for how that would work.

A pair of Wilson County lawmakers are seeking to create new oversight for Tennessee prisons and potentially reduce the ...

Manhunt launched after Philly inmate escapes jailers by climbing over two fences - Freeman was reportedly nearing the end of ...

Immigrants in the U.S. illegally who fail to register with the federal government could face significant fines, potential ...

A former Tennessee state senator has reported to federal prison after he pleaded guilty in 2022 to an illegal campaign ...

From license plates to furniture and clothing, states use forced prison labor to make a range of products that government ...

ZANESVILLE, Ohio (WTRF) –– A recent escape from a minimum-security detention area at the Muskingum County jail has led to the ...

Officials at the La Tuna Federal Correctional Institution discovered a prisoner missing late Saturday evening.

The two inmates were found in a Toronto-area hotel just over a day later and returned to Beaver Creek Institution in ...

The state of Utah is more lenient compared to both other states and federal penalties against sex trafficking, Rep. Candice B ...

a minimum security shock incarceration facility. There are also correction officers picketing at a facility in Elmira and at Groveland Correctional in Livingston County, among 25 prisons New York ...

The Department of Corrections is seeking to replace the South Dakota State Penitentiary in northern Sioux Falls, S.D., which ...