According to officials from the Public Works Department (PWD), the prison will follow a panopticon-style design, inspired by ...

The United States is burning. Not with literal flames, but with a deep and growing fear of the future. As the fire spreads, fueled by economic strain, aging infrastructure, and worsening ...

Criminal justice advocates and public defenders have criticized Prop. 36, which reversed part of a voter-approved 2014 crime ...

The Legislature's budget-writing committee postponed a vote on funding for the Universities of Wisconsin and passed a ...

The Department of Corrections says they’re being held under the same conditions as any other inmate in Alaska.

The state has paid out nearly $900,000 to settle lawsuits tied to double-bunking deaths in recent years. Nebraska's prisons ...

Figures have revealed that one prison officer almost every day was assaulted by an inmate while on duty in Scotland’s increasingly violent jails. Scottish Prison Service (SPS) data shows 350 officers ...

IN CONTEMPT — Federal Judge KATHLEEN WILLIAMS on Tuesday held Florida Attorney General JAMES UTHMEIER in civil contempt, ...