California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is investigating the homicide of an inmate at Salinas Valley State ...

The state parole board voted to release Roger Francis, who was twice convicted of killing 15-year-old Marialice Pike in 1967, ...

After decades in law enforcement, Marshall took the helm in January 2023 of the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, which includes all of the state’s prisons, jails and ...

Franklin County officials and the Chickamauga tribe challenge Arkansas' prison plan as funding stalls and concerns over site ...

Efforts to secure funding for a proposed 3,000-bed state prison in Franklin County has come to a halt.On Tuesday, Senate Bill ...

Paul Anderson struggled to stay out of trouble with the law for years after getting out of prison. It wasn’t until he spent six months at the Washington State Department of Corrections reentry ...

After three failed votes, Arkansas lawmakers remain divided over SB354, a $750M prison plan backed by the governor but facing ...

The head of West Virginia’s state corrections system, long plagued by overcrowding and inmate deaths, has been tapped to lead the agency that manages federal prisons beset by similar issues.

During the three-week strike, state prison officials moved 363 inmates from Collins to other facilities within the state system. It now holds 551 inmates. Gov. Kathy Hochul ultimately terminated ...