Last October, a secretive high-level meeting was held to review the environmental impacts of a controversial proposal for a ...

The agenda is out for the first meeting next week of the group that will recommend what direction South Dakota should head on ...

The Māori rights activist wants his friend who is on a hunger strike to be freed after allegations of abuse by prison guards.

Two violent deaths at a state prison near Stockton have brought attention to conjugal visits, a practice many states have abandoned.

Connecticut's Department of Correction ombudsman is seeking the same video release laws for correction officers as police after the death of an inmate.

Gil, 31, a makeup artist seeking asylum in the US after fleeing Venezuela, was wrongly identified as a gang member and sent ...

Six American prisoners — including a nurse from Florida — came home from Venezuela in late January, after an unusual visit by ...

Dean Wickliffe, 77, is on a hunger strike at Springhill Prison, demanding release or death. His lawyer, Annette Sykes, has ...

Wickliffe has been on a hunger strike since March 10 and has lost more than 17kgs, his lawyer Annette Sykes told the Herald.

Lifetime parolee Dean Wickliffe’s supporters say the notorious criminal is resolute - he will walk out of Springhill Prison a ...

A correction officer strike may be over, but a poor sentiment remains. On Monday, New York fired more than 2,000 prison guards Monday for failing to return to work after a weekslong wildcat strike ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — The government of New York won’t rehire prison guards who participated in the illegal strike that upended the state for 22 days. That’s according to Gov. Kathy ...