The Colorado Department of Corrections is acknowledging a serious flaw in one of its automated systems that allowed a repeat ...

Policies that dictate what happens after a death behind bars often add new layers of pain — and financial and logistical ...

A fifth person incarcerated in the Massachusetts prison system has died of another “medical emergency” in just over the past ...

The State of Wisconsin Building Commission on Tuesday approved releasing $15 million to prepare preliminary plans and a ...

Republicans complained Evers had developed the plan without lawmakers, while Democrats pushed to simply get started.

The $15 million approved on Tuesday would begin the design phase at six facilities. Waupun Correctional Institution is atop ...

The man credited with turning around one of America’s most dangerous prisons had a nearly 90-minute session with South Dakota ...

Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ sweeping plan for overhauling the state’s aging prison system is moving forward with bipartisan support despite complaints from Republican lawmakers that their co ...

The Montana Department of Corrections reports it could take 60 to 90 days to replace the Montana State Prison with new water ...

Family members carried photos of loved ones who have died in prison and photos of state officials with the caption “Blood On ...