Everyone is safe, one officer sustained a minor injury and returned to duty,” the state Department of Corrections said.

Heroin hidden in two Bibles found on a California woman were destined to be delivered to two prisons, the Justice Department ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) plans to veto a bill that would prevent the state’s prison system from collaborating with ...

According to one mother who spoke with her son who is in the jail, inmates screamed out: "We're going to die back here. There ...

IMPERIAL COUNTY- Convicted Sex Offender Eric Ayala accepted an agreement Feb. 13 to serve 8 years in state prison for the ...

The 60-year-old prisoner is currently serving a life sentence at a Louisiana federal prison for bank robbery. He has filed a ...

the Pennsylvania State Corrections Officers Association (PSCOA), has said it will fight the closures and warned that closing two prisons will endanger officers and inmates. The union said violence ...

A state prison was locked down after uprising inmates injured three guards and took control of three dorms — days after the state’s Department of Corrections head complained about staffing ...

Ryan M. Newman faces an enhanced minimum penalty of 25 years in prison, a maximum of 50 years, and a $250,000 fine.

Lawyers for 25,000 people incarcerated in Arizona have asked a judge to take over health care operations in state-run prisons ...

At one point on Wednesday, inmates controlled three dormitories at Collins, according to James Miller, spokesman for the union that represents state corrections officers. When asked if the ...

How did the proposed prison make it to 2025 and what are the common questions that continue to be addressed in various ...