More female inmates joined a federal lawsuit seeking to separate transgender inmates from female inmates at a Texas special ...

Incarcerated trainers in the Helping PAWS program at Logan Correctional Center raise puppies that will later work as mobility assistance dogs.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday unveiled a series of regulatory actions ...

Officials in Congress and in states from Pennsylvania to California said they were alarmed by a Bloomberg Law and NBC News ...

The investigation alleges the DOC failed to properly act to address allegations that prisoners have been subjected to sexual ...

Tennessee death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols was executed by lethal injection Dec. 11 at Riverbend Maximum Security ...

In March 2024, Gov. JB Pritzker announced the closure and rebuild of both Stateville and Logan correctional centers, ...

Harold Wayne Nichols suffered an abusive childhood before he grew up to be known as the "red-headed stranger," a serial rapist and convicted killer.

Kristen Gamboa considered buying a wig. The 27-year-old chopped her hair in January into a "bob," a blunt, chin-length hairstyle. She and friend had made a pact they would never get bobs — but there ...

LANSING — A former corrections officer at Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility has been arraigned on sexual assault charges, Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Nov. 3. Joshua Lee, 22, of ...

After being sentenced to more than 10 years in state prison, Kristina Chambers will join the small population of incarcerated expectant mothers. For pregnant women spending time in prison, the Texas ...