The roughly $250 million project is likely to bring hundreds of permanent positions and temporary construction jobs.

Reports are emerging of a sizable increase in complaints over NYS DOCCS staff denying prison visits with little transparency.

The number of women in jail globally has soared by 17% in a decade, despite leaders' pledges to put fewer women behind bars ...

When Tang ran out of sanitary pads while serving time in a Thai jail, the 42-year-old convict bled right through her uniform ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is now facing two wrongful death lawsuits after women were ...

Incarcerated women at Eddie Warrior Correctional Center in Taft are being given the opportunity to learn some valuable skills ...

Sean "Diddy" Combs celebrated his 56th birthday on Nov. 4 at the Federal Correctional Institution, Fort Dix after being ...

Members of the Office of Court Administration’s Advisory Committee on Criminal Law and Procedure's subcommittee on prison ...

For the past 50 years, New York’s judges have been required to visit a prison every four years — a little-known mandate that ...

Wuornos shot and killed seven men, claiming at least one was in self-defense. A new Netflix documentary revisits her crimes ...

For pregnant women who are spending time in prison, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice maintains specialty programs and ...