Nearly six dozen correctional officers tried to get convicted killer Brian Dorsey saved from being executed — praising his “exemplary behavior” as a “model prisoner.” Dorsey was killed with a ...

EXCLUSIVE - Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz introduced a bill that would provide further justice to law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. Cruz is pushing a new law that would give ...

Northern Correctional Institution, in Somers, will close by July 1. Credit: Kelan Lyons / CT Mirror The population at Northern Correctional Institution, a maximum security prison in Somers, has ...

SEATTLE — Washington correctional facilities will no longer place people in custody in solitary confinement as a punishment — after state officials determined it is not effective. The state Department ...

A corrections officer at a men's state prison in New Jersey has been arrested for allegedly assaulting and physically punishing inmates, including using a tactic described as the "fence treatment," ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Washington State Department of Corrections is no longer using solitary confinement as a punishment in state facilities. Over the course of a year, DOC reviewed data on ...

People incarcerated at Washington state correctional facilities will no longer be subjected to disciplinary segregation — being put in solitary confinement as a punishment — after state officials ...

Gov. Jared Polis and Colorado's executive director of corrections have inflicted “cruel and unusual punishment” on prisoners by failing to put in place policies to protect those who are medically ...