People who go to prison keep one important right — to file a grievance over their treatment: from abuse to denied medical ...

After the slaying of two prison guards this year, Public Safety Secretary Mary Ann Saar faces tough questioning by legislators at a hearing today in Annapolis. In a telephone news conference with ...

Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. WHY FOLLOW? Update your preferences in Account Settings Correctional Officer Jose Sandoval inspects one of the more than 2,000 cell ...

A drawing of the planned men's prison in rural Lincoln County. (Courtesy of Department of Corrections) The South Dakota Legislature has set aside $569 million for the creation of a new men’s prison in ...

Eleven inmate deaths in less than two months. More than 4,000 staff vacancies. A $3 billion repair backlog. And now, a stunning directive from President Donald Trump for the crisis-plagued federal ...

The widespread availability of drugs in British prisons has long been among the more baffling conundrums of national life. How come institutions specifically built and managed to be secure have a drug ...

The state prison on South Wilmot Road is being converted into a health facility for inmates throughout the state in an effort to reduce costs for the Department of Corrections, authorities said. The ...

A 5,000-bed private-prison complex approved in July by the Pima County Board of Supervisors doesn’t yet have the final approval it needs from the Arizona Department of Corrections to house Arizona ...