A union representing Michigan corrections officers is sounding alarms over an increase in violent assaults against prison ...

Texas is collecting data on pregnant inmates’ health and outcomes to improve accountability and prevent harm. Advocates push ...

State prisons in the United States became more violent and nearly 50% deadlier over the past five years as authorities struggled to keep enough guards on the job, according to a government-funded ...

Haywood Dixon Jr. died in July 2023 at York County Prison after the coroner's office said he declined medical assistance from staff. The district attorney and state police are providing an update on ...

York County District Attorney Tim Barker recounted the series of events that led to the death of a 39-year-old man while in ...

In May 2018, Ruby McPeters was eight months pregnant when she was booked into Hood County jail on a probation violation. Just a month later, the 33-year-old North Texas woman ...

An Ohio man is alleging he was assaulted by corrections officers who used excessive force while he was incarcerated at the ...

A new comprehensive analysis of state data shows Texas prisons get so hot in summer that temperatures there would routinely violate state standards for other types of lockups. The state will be back ...

Richards, who was in and out of Rikers as a youth before going on to lead a nonprofit dedicated to prisoner reentry, takes ...