Us Weekly is pulling back the veil on Nick Reiner’s jail, which has been accused of unsanitary conditions like blood-stained ...

An appeals court ruled prison officials cannot claim qualified immunity after using an inmate as 'bait' to catch a counselor ...

Armor Health donated $50,000 to Sheriff Carmine Marceno’s PAC while holding the Lee County jail healthcare contract.

Tammy Suzette Hovland, 59, died of strangulation and blunt force injuries, the Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office said ...

Over the objections of the court’s three Democratic appointees, the Supreme Court on Monday morning declined to hear a case ...

Friedmann went inside on November 30, 1987. He was barely out of boyhood, myopic, five feet seven, and pencil-thin. Friedmann ...

A recently updated inmate book policy implemented by the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) has been met with pushback and a potential lawsuit.

Correctional Officer Dustin Pedigo was working at the Morgan County Correctional Complex in Wartburg when he was stabbed and killed by an inmate serving a 27-year sentence.

Ashville Prison Books, a nonprofit that sends books to inmates in SC prisons, is threatening to sue SCDC over a new policy restricting book access.

People in prisons in Louisiana and across the nation say they're not receiving proper medical care. Why are these cases so common?

A transgender inmate serving time for violent sexual assaults against women is pushing to switch to a female facility.

Because of problems with drugs being smuggled into prison, TDCJ is banning the sending of hardback books to inmates. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is implementing new measures to combat ...