Two former inmates say the deadly riot at Washington State Prison was preventable, blaming chronic understaffing, unsafe ...

Experts discuss the threats coronavirus outbreaks in prison pose for the country Some inmates at Alabama state prison facilities asking for help amid the novel coronavirus pandemic highlighted what ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Some of the gangs South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley listed as tied to violence at the men’s prison in Sioux Falls have the largest gang presence in prisons around ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - Nebraska has the country’s most or second most overcrowded prison system, depending on who you ask. Inspector General of the Nebraska Correctional System Doug ...

BOISE – Executions are on hold in Idaho. The state prison system suspended its ability to carry out the death penalty through at least the end of the year as officials begin the transition to firing ...

A 2022 investigation found serious flaws in the prison medical system. Those same problems persist years later, with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An inmate serving time for manslaughter has won an appeal over his missing TV, which disappeared during a transfer between New ...