The union says not only is the practice unsafe, it also violates a court order. A claim the department declined to comment on ...

Two men convicted of murder were executed Thursday night, marking the fourth and fifth executions in the United States this ...

A 67-year-old Hilo woman was sentenced Thursday to 10 years of probation for her role in starving her developmentally disabled 9-year-old granddaughter to death in 2016.

A 67-year-old Hilo woman was sentenced Thursday to 10 years of probation for her role in starving her developmentally ...

Christian Rosete was sentenced to 45 years in prison on Thursday for beating his ex-girlfriend's 11-month-old child.

When the state of Illinois shut down the century-old, maximum-security prison last year, nearly four of every five inmates ended up being sent to less-secure sites, The Associated Press found.

A temporary “integration unit” at the Denver Women’s Correctional Facility, the state’s largest prison for female inmates at all custody levels, enables transgender women to acclimate and ...

The Brooks family filed a wrongful death lawsuit last month in federal court claiming state officials oversee a “dangerously broken” prison system that brutalizes inmates. Gov. Kathy Hochul ...

the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31. There have been at least two suspected homicides ...

The commissioner of the state's prison system said he would meet some of the demands of striking prison guards, including the ability to relax some of the recent changes to rules regarding putting ...

The Progress Community Corrections Center (CCC) in Waynesburg, a facility designed to assist inmates with their reentry into society, is among four state facilities being slated for closure. A state ...