Ashley Parmeley, a Pevely mother accused of killing her two children, will undergo a mental health examination after the ...

Lawrence Taylor, 44, admitted to stabbing Jan Stevens to death in January 2019 at the high-security USP Terre Haute facility, ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro's administration is recommending the closure of a state prison and a boot camp, as well as two state-run Community Corrections Centers – one of which is in Berks County.

The murder, which prosecutors called "brutal," happened on Jan. 12, 2019. Both inmates were being housed in the Special ...

BONNE TERRE, Mo. – The Bonne Terre Mine announced Tuesday that they are closed until further notice due to ongoing litigation. “As you can imagine, we are extremely saddened by this ...

Five inmates at the Federal Correctional Institution in Terre Haute were injured and required outside medical treatment after ...

Rockview state prison is slated for closure under a plan unveiled Monday by Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration, a proposal that would save the state tens of millions of dollars but also have ...

At least three state corrections officers have been injured in an incident described as "chaos" at Collins Correctional Facility on Wednesday, according to state lawmakers who are monitoring the ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro’s Department of Corrections has named the two state prisons that it would close as part of efficiency efforts in the 2025-26 budget year. The recommendation from the state ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) plans to veto a bill that would prevent the state’s prison system from collaborating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), his office told The Hill on ...

LINCOLN COUNTY, S.D. (South Dakota News Watch) - South Dakota’s four-year process to address the state’s correctional needs evolved into a plan to build a new men’s prison on 160 acres of ...

The attacks occurred years earlier when Bennie Thorpe worked at a state women’s prison, his accusers said. Now he runs a prison where an inmate was fatally beaten by guards. By Jan Ransom After ...