The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) says its Stillwater prison will be undergoing a phased closure as part of the state’s economic plan, as well as decrease the amount of current health and ...

One inmate was taken to a local hospital for treatment of injuries that were not life threatening, according to the Georgia ...

OKLAHOMA (KFOR) – The Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) invited KFOR on an exclusive tour into one of their correctional facilities. This comes after Rep. J.J. Humphrey, R-Lane, filed a bill ...

In a startling shake-up, Department of Corrections Commissioner Helen Hanks resigned from her job without comment Monday. Gov. Kelly Ayotte also put the assistant corrections commissioner on immediate ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – Handmade weapons, unauthorized electronics equipment and other items that could be fashioned or used as weapons are what the South Dakota Department of Corrections said they ...

Thanks to a chronic workforce shortage and growing demands within the state prison system, seven correction officers and their superiors received more take-home pay than the state’s highest-paid ...

The correctional officers union complains of escalating violence, inmates making personalized license plates for director's ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The South Dakota Department of Corrections (DOC) staff identified another attempt at introducing contraband Thursday at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls.

Lawmakers intend to pursue new legislation next year targeted at New York's prisons and the people who live and work within ...

Two Oregon Department of Corrections inmates with Marion County convictions were rereleased Dec. 24 after an Oregon Supreme ...

Complaints of understaffing, ignored medical emergencies and other concerns at the state prison in Chesapeake are included in ...