SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois prison officials say they can't disclose information about the death of an inmate that led to the suspension of several staff members because the department didn't ...

In response to a public records lawsuit filed by the Reason Foundation, the nonprofit that publishes Reason, a federal judge has ruled the U.S. government can hide findings about whether people who ...

The Virginia Department of Corrections, under scrutiny over the death of an inmate that raised broader questions about conditions at a southwest Virginia prison, is refusing to release public records ...

According to a recent national study, Nebraska ranks among the highest in the nation for health care costs in prisons. Lawmakers hope to reduce some of those costs by making inmate medical records ...

Rapper Pooh Shiesty, who was serving a more than five-year prison sentence for a Florida gun charge, has been released from federal prison custody, records show. The 25-year-old rapper, whose legal ...