Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Complaints of understaffing, ignored medical emergencies and other concerns at the state prison in Chesapeake are included in a ...

There’s something profoundly disturbing about reading two grand jury reports, five years apart, describing two different deaths at York County Prison — and feeling like you’ve heard all of this before ...

DEER LODGE, Mont. — The Montana Department of Corrections will begin installing new and permanent water infrastructure at Montana State Prison after approval from Gov. Greg Gianforte on Wednesday. The ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A new 900-page Arkansas State Police (ASP) report discussed with state lawmakers on Sept. 23 concluded that convicted murderer Grant Hardin's escape from prison in May 2025 was due ...

The state Department of Correction is seeing "recurring failures" affecting conditions of confinement, including unsanitary conditions, repeated lockdowns used to deal with staff shortages, and ...

WASHINGTON — The kind of systemic failures that enabled the high-profile prison deaths of notorious gangster Whitey Bulger and financier Jeffrey Epstein also contributed to the deaths of hundreds of ...

I went to federal prison for contempt of Congress. My detractors say I acted above the law. My supporters say I’m the poster child for a weaponized justice system. I won’t relitigate that here. What ...

A Marion County grand jury report this week highlighted “cascading failures” at Oregon’s largest youth prison, including contraband getting into the facility, unaddressed gang-related violence and ...

Complaints of understaffing, ignored medical emergencies and other concerns at the state prison in Chesapeake are included in a recent federal lawsuit seeking judicial oversight of the Virginia ...