In the wake of further violence in state prisons, North Country lawmakers are again calling for drastic prison reform. “It is ...

On Tuesday, a staff member working in the mail room at the federal prison in Ray Brook was exposed to an unknown substance in a magazine and was hospitalized. Union leaders at the medium-security FCI ...

When Illinois shuttered the century-old maximum security facility last year, nearly four of every five inmates went to less-secure sites.

Uncertainty in federal funding under President Donald Trump's administration has made a tough state budget season even more ...

A court in Tajikistan has handed down prison sentences of between eight and 20 years to more than 30 people it convicted of ...

Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois' decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were ...

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

An upstate prison was still locked down Thursday after guards retook control of three dorms following an inmate uprising ...

The Collins Correctional Facility in southern Erie County was locked down after inmates controlled three dormitories at the ...

A western New York state prison was placed under lockdown Wednesday after inmates barricaded themselves in a prison dorm. The ...

Out of roughly 400 inmates transferred when Illinois' decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were convicted ...