Sanchez Jackson dies at Macon State amid a violent week for Georgia prisons. The cause is under investigation, with the GBI crime lab involved.

About 100 men graduated from Chowchilla's Valley State Prison equine therapy program on Tuesday.

Starting this fall, two dozen Macomb Correctional Facility inmates will be eligible to earn a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Wayne State University.

In a news conference Tuesday, Jackley announced 24 inmates have been indicted on charges in connection to May 27 fights at the State Penitentiary that left 14 inmates injured. One of those inmates ...

Nickey Stane, the man convicted of killing Fresno State student Debbie Dorian back in 1996, will now spend his life in Wasco State Prison.

A small watchdog agency over Ohio's adult and juvenile prisons would be drastically changed under the state budget bill.

The worker was convicted of stealing $1.78 million in state and federal funds from the department’s Child Protection Services.

A Florida inmate led a $1.2 million fraud scheme targeting a business from state prison and used some of the money to build a house, federal prosecutors say.

An anti-drug smuggling policy has slowed the delivery of time-sensitive court documents as prison staff read letters protected by attorney-client privilege.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A proposed new men’s prison in Nebraska drew a $313 million bid from Hausmann Construction of Lincoln, Nebraska, the state Department of Corrections said. The… ...

The Chickamauga Nation says a proposed new state prison in Franklin County could threaten culturally and historically significant land.

The Israeli military attacked the entrance of Iran’s notorious Evin Prison on Monday, according to Israel’s defense minister and Iranian state news.