Delaney Hall, a privately operated detention center in Newark, drew national attention on Friday as Mayor Ras Baraka, a ...

Rescue dogs working with the incarcerated at North Kern State Prison—something the prison's welcomed since 2017. Dogs rescued ...

Like local jails nationwide, Montana’s small holding facilities have become institutions of last resort as patients in mental ...

Officials at the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation are investigating the Saturday night attack of a peace officer ...

Prison officials are investigating an assault on an officer at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano. Early Saturday evening, a prisoner stabbed an officer with “an improvised weapon” as the incarcerated ...

Two inmates at a Southern Nevada state prison and a third at a facility near Carson City have died in the past week, according to authorities. Michael Sonner, 57, who was convicted and awaiting ...

Longtime S.C. Department of Corrections director Bryan Stirling will become interim U.S. Attorney for South Carolina, according to multiple sources. Stirling, 55, will start his new job on Monday ...

On Nov. 3, 2020, DeAngelo reported to North Kern State Prison in Delano, Calif., to begin serving his life sentences, according to the Los Angeles Times. He was transferred to protective custody ...

alleging state prison officials failed to protect her from Pedro Norde, a correction officer she says forced her to perform sexual favors behind bars. “Sometimes I couldn’t even come out of my ...

On Friday, a federal judge will sentence the disgraced former congressman to a minimum of two years in prison, but Mr. Santos expects a harsher sentence. By Grace Ashford Even when he was lying ...

Wasco State Prison is often used to temporarily hold newly sentenced inmates until they’re processed and sent to another facility. Vasquez is serving a five-year term after pleading no contest ...