Texas lawmakers push over 100 bills to increase criminal penalties, potentially leading to overcrowding of state's jails and prisons.

Jay Circuit Court Judge Brian Hutchison on Thursday imposed a three-year sentence — one year on home detention followed by ...

Two people have been accused of attempting to smuggle drugs into the Hancock State Prison this week. The Hancock County ...

Because of several departures of corrections officers, the Clearfield County Jail is again understaffed, causing higher overtime expenses.

Local governments and insurers paid over $60 million to resolve and defend hundreds of jail-related claims in the last five ...

Officials have not released anything about the death of Travis P. Shorts, 34, who died at 2:55 a.m. on March 6 at Geisinger Medical Center near Danville. He had been hospitalized elsewhere on Feb. 10 ...

A California man was handed down a sentence of 168 months in federal prison on March 13, by United States District Judge D.P.

Anthony Williams, 41, Connor Brown, 22, and Zacharia Luz, 42, were killed in the July 30 fight at Ely State Prison.

An overnight power failure at the Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility triggered a police response Wednesday night.

Inmates at the Beaufort County Detention Center have been temporarily relocated to Pitt County after a fire broke out at the Washington facility Wednesday night.

The Pearl River County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division arrested a contract kitchen employee and multiple inmates after an investigation uncovered contraband distribution at the county jail. For ...