The state Department of Correction is lowering the minimum age requirement to become an officer from 21 to 19 in hopes of ...

The House and Senate approved a pair of bills to purchase the state's last private prison outright for $312 million.

John Scippa, Gov. Kelly Ayotte's interim pick to lead the state's Department of Corrections won quick approval by the ...

The Massachusetts Department of Correction agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit related to events that occurred in early ...

Being expelled or suspended multiple times and being sent to an alternative school for children with behavioral problems were ...

Pearl Fernandez was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the horrific murder of her son, ...

A Minot man has been sentenced to three years with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation after pleading guilty to ...

Nearly half of those fired during the illegal statewide correctional officers strike earlier this year have applied to ...

Michigan has experienced a significant increase in tornado activity this year, with 27 confirmed tornadoes by May 21, ...

A Michigan woman accused of setting her husband on fire then driving a van over his burning body was sentenced to life in ...

A correctional officer at California Medical Facility in Vacaville was attacked and injured while trying to remove an inmate ...

Ex-convicts seeking to reenter Florida’s workforce will get a boost from bipartisan legislation Gov. Ron DeSantis just signed ...