Advocates say a double amputee barber detained in Georgia is growing sicker behind bars as officials prepare documents that could send him to Liberia.

The City Commission in Leavenworth approved a permit to private prison operator CoreCivic. Members voted 4-1 to approve a three-year permit with conditions that set minimum staffing levels, ban the ...

A woman involved in a shooting in Ryan Township this week is facing additional charges after an incident at the Schuylkill ...

Medicaid is now paying for health care in jails and prisons, helping smooth inmates’ return to the community. Corrections and law enforcement officials say they’re all for it.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas town known for its prisons is allowing a shuttered private prison to reopen and house immigrants ...

Homeland Security documents confirm ICE intends to operate a new detention facility in southern Arizona. Protesters aren't happy.

A Schenectady man faces multiple felony charges after corrections officers allegedly discovered a cache of illegal drugs ...

Kansas lawmakers are considering a 'two strikes' law for juveniles, HB 2329, which critics say would undo successful reforms.

Jerry LeConte is facing felony drug and contraband charges after corrections officers said they found multiple drugs concealed on him during intake.

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ prison release date has been moved up amid the music mogul’s ongoing efforts to appeal his four-year sentence, Us Weekly can confirm. Combs, 56, was originally set to be released ...

If you gathered every American with a prison record into one contiguous territory and admitted it to the union, you would ...