Roughly 24 hours before lawmakers convened for a special legislative session earlier this fall, the unions representing correctional officers were upset that the state did not...
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Law enforcement officials brought more than 100 counts against a Florida motorist accused of firing shots at a residence before leading...
Whether Louisiana should spend more money and provide more options for the education and job training of its incarcerated population — including those who’ve been sentenced...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Plastic chairs as beds. Meals of bread and rice. Hours spent waiting for the bathroom. As former hostages return to Israel after seven...
LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) – State prisons are launching a new, “holistic” approach in mentally preparing inmates for their return to society, using fellow inmates as...
A former federal correctional officer was sentenced to eight years in prison Thursday for sexually abusing women inmates in California — the latest case to focus...
Authorities say they’ve captured the third of four men who escaped from a Georgia jail last month ByThe Associated Press November 12, 2023, 10:41 AM MACON,...
A federal judge has ordered Oregon counties to release criminal defendants from jail if they aren’t appointed an attorney within a week of their first court...
TROY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri prosecutor has dropped and refiled the murder case against Pamela Hupp, a killing that inspired a TV miniseries. Lincoln County...
GREENWOOD, Ark. (AP) — Ricky Dority spends most of his days playing with his grandchildren, feeding chickens and working in the yard where he lives with...