During his long stay at the Orleans Parish lockup before he escaped last month, detainee Lenton Vanburen had racked up ...

California passed the nation’s first prosecutor-initiated resentencing law in 2018. Few women benefited from these laws, ...

Accounts of reentry are notable as juvenile life without parole cases continue to undergo review. Attorneys and advocates say ...

Todd Chrisley claimed that he witnessed systemic issues firsthand while he was in prison. After being released from FPC Pensacola in Florida thanks to President Donald Trump’s pardon ...

According to an affidavit, Williams allegedly shut off the water to a cell where the 10 inmates later escaped.

The number of prison officers investigated for inappropriate relationships with inmates has almost tripled in five years, The Independent can reveal. New figures from prisons in England and Wales ...

A California murderer who spent four decades in prison for beating and then drowning a 13-year-old girl is back behind bars after allegedly being caught with disturbing child pornography ...

The beating deaths of two incarcerated men at Oneida County prisons has spurred a package of oversight reforms passed by the NY Senate and Assembly.

The state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision is facing a backlog of state-ready inmates that are still waiting in county jails. Corrections officials say they are playing catch-up ...

Several inmates escaped Indian River County Jail in 2005 and 2011. One attempted escape occurred at St. Lucie County Jail in 1999. No escapes have been reported from Martin County Jail.

Police made five more arrests in connection with a prison break in New Orleans this weekend, Fox News has learned. The five arrests make a total of 12 people who have been accused of helping the ...

In adult jails across Maryland, minors spend up to 23 hours a day in isolation, go without schooling, and in some cases avoid showering for fear of being raped. Some are also forced to spend more than ...