Former inmates and officials say synthetic drugs like K2, frequent lockdowns and limited addiction treatment fuel overdose ...

A St. Paul man convicted of attempted murder after firing multiple shots at his mother in front of Metro State University in ...

From suicide spikes to solidarity, Mansa Musa explains what the holidays are really like inside U.S. prisons—and how people ...

A Little Rock teenager, identified as a killer by a distinctive hoodie emblazoned with a human skull, has been sentenced to ...

Darrell Brooks is seeking an 11th extension in his appeal, claiming a prison lockdown has made finding his case file difficult. The court ordered former attorney Michael Covey to prove Brooks received ...

Darrell Brooks Jr. is seeking an 11th extension to appeal his Waukesha Christmas parade homicide conviction. The court is investigating Brooks' claim that a prison lockdown has prevented him from ...

Federal prison consultant Sam Mangel explains the maximum-security lockdown that took place for Ghislaine Maxwell’s special prison visit. Senate votes to block tariffs on Canada Shohei Ohtani Photo ...

Things haven't been the same at Texas' Bryan Federal Prison Camp since Ghislaine Maxwell was transferred there in August. According to a new report, the normally lax environment has changed since her ...

Lockdowns can be indistinguishable from solitary confinement-like conditions, with those incarcerated given little yard time and limited access to educational programming and commissary. Chicago ...

Two top South Dakota government officials have expressed "concern" at the record number of inmates that have died in state prison facilities under Secretary of Corrections Kellie Wasko's watch. And a ...

SUFFIELD, Conn. (WFSB) - Crews responded to a dryer fire at the MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution on Monday afternoon. The fire ignited around 2:30 p.m. in the MacDougall building’s central ...

CHESTER, Ill. (AP) - A state prison spokesman says the lockdown of Illinois' largest maximum security prison will continue "for days" after a cache of crude weapons and homemade alcohol was found ...