To put this in perspective, it’s more than the combined budgets of the FBI (estimated at $11 billion a year) and the CIA (estimated at $15 billion a year.) In effect, the Trump administration will now ...

Trinidad and Tobago has extended a state of emergency after the attorney general said the prison system has been compromised.

The state of emergency in Trinidad and Tobago has been extended following revelations by the attorney general that the nation ...

Iowa's Department of Corrections is exploring private health care options for state prisons due to increasing drug costs and ...

COMMENT: A new trial to tackle violence behind bars will only exacerbate the problem and put prisoners and guards at greater ...

The Arkansas Sheriff's Association is lobbying for a new state prison to accommodate the growing inmate population and ...

Yet challenges remain. Despite receiving more than $400 million annually under the First Step Act, the Bureau of Prisons has ...

As crime seems to be on the climb in Arkansas, a big problem the prison system faces is where to house all of these new ...

Iowa's Department of Corrections has officially started the search for a private healthcare company to run the medical ...

A consultant hired to review the system delivered 67 findings and key recommendations in a report released Tuesday.

After four years on the job, Nick Deml is stepping down as commissioner of the Department of Corrections and former ...