Lawmakers are deliberating a $150 million expansion to the Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge, adding 512 beds to the ...

UM Legislative News Service, University of Montana School of Journalism HELENA — At a quick and quiet committee hearing in February, a Bozeman mother of two took the podium, telling the committee ...

Attorney General Jeff Jackson co-led a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general in sending a letter urging Congress to pass legislation allowing states to deploy cell phone jamming systems in jails ...

Attorney General Kris Mayes has joined a bipartisan coalition of 30 attorneys general urging Congress to pass legislation ...

The inmate a member of the Rosebud Sioux tribe in South Dakota who served as advocate for the queer and transgender ...

Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Rep. David Kustoff of Tennessee reignited their push Wednesday to prevent incarcerated people ...

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has joined a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general from across the country ...

PHOENIX — A man who pleaded guilty to killing a 16-year-old in Phoenix has recently died in prison. Dupree Rollins, 22, was ...

Kentrell Gaulden, the Baton Rouge rapper known as NBA YoungBoy, has been transferred from a federal prison in Alabama to a ...

“Even though it may have looked peaceful, it was not.” The Associated Press left an email message with corrections officials ...

The attorney general’s office has identified 22 individuals on death row who have exhausted their appeals and are among those ...

It's a fully-functioning agriculture operation--and it's all maintained by Department of Corrections inmates. "I heard about [the agriculture program] from my case manager, and they said I should ...