COWETA COUNTY, Ga. — A Georgia Department of Corrections inmate has been sentenced for his involvement in a 2019 trafficking case. The Coweta County District Attorney’s Office said Rodolfo ...

A federal lawsuit against Utah’s Department of Corrections over where to house a transgender inmate was recently dropped by the Department of Justice ... permitted to purchase female clothing and ...

When the Illinois Department of Corrections shut down the century-old Stateville Correctional Center in September, officials transferred 278 inmates convicted of murder and dozens more serving time ...

Lawyers for 25,000 people incarcerated in Arizona have asked a judge to take over health care operations in state-run prisons and appoint an official to run them, saying the state ...

dubbed “Mario’s Law,” the court also found Rhode Island's Department of Corrections had been wrongly calculating parole eligibility for inmates who are serving life plus another sentence.

“While this announcement is a great step in the right direction, HPAI (bird flu) remains a significant threat to our #1 industry, and the Georgia Department of Agriculture will continue working ...

Spring break for Georgia students will begin in a few weeks. Officials at a popular beach destination though have already ...

He was alone in his guard shack at the prison as inmates were headed to breakfast. Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Director Annette Chambers-Smith said an inmate veered from his ...

Officials with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections announced Monday that ... in the DOC system and currently houses over 2,100 inmates, and employs an additional 658 staff members.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCJB/Florida Capitol Bureau) - At least 22 people have died in Florida prisons so far this year according to information from the Florida Department of Corrections. While the agency ...

A Rikers Island correction officer suffered bleeding on the brain and underwent emergency surgery after she was struck in the head from behind by an inmate. A man held on Rikers Island sucker ...