Recently, the Justice Department ended a long-running incentive pay plan cutting officers' and other employees' pay by up to 25%.

The three wardens and a fourth man placed on leave have worked for the Department of Corrections for more than a decade.

Records show one Oklahoma women’s prison rarely substantiated abuse allegations or forwarded cases for criminal prosecution.

Newbies often write disciplinary reports for every rule violation they see, not knowing the impact goes far beyond just extra ...

James Garrett Freeman, then 35, opened fire on seven members of law enforcement following a failure to stop and a high-speed ...

South Carolina plans to execute Brad Keith Sigmon, a death row prisoner by firing squad on March 7 - the first such execution ...

A seventh inmate died at a Wisconsin prison, less than a year after the then-warden and staff were charged with misconduct ...

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has confirmed the cellphone used by a Pollsmoor Prison inmate to record ... The video shows a warden openly posing in a video being made by du Toit ...

Pennsylvania’s prison system is looking to expand its model “Little Scandinavia” unit — which aims to create a more humane environment inside prisons — following the success of the pilot ...

It emerged that some prison wardens are at the mercy of feared inmates who coerce them into acceding to their demands. According to the wardens, this is how some contrabands make it inside prison ...

The purpose of the board is to review the grant, denial, and removal of inmate sentence credits by a warden for good institutional behavior and to determine whether sentence credits previously awarded ...