An interim leader has been hired to oversee the troubled Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center in Knox County.

The Hutchinson Correctional Facility was put on lockdown in May and June for excessive drug use, according to a Kansas state ...

The state of Michigan has yet to strike a balance between new chances for youth killers and an appropriate recognition of ...

Illinois agencies hosted a resource fair in Decatur to support the reintegration of formerly incarcerated individuals.

Republican lawmakers announced that the budget will fund the planning process to shut down the struggling Green Bay prison by ...

Six Green Hill School residents appeared in Lewis County Superior Court Tuesday and Wednesday this week facing a slate of charges ranging from possession of controlled substances to assault. All six ...

Antoine Massey, a serial escapee who vanished from a New Orleans jail with nine other inmates just after midnight on May 16, ...

Sources confirm that drones are being used to drop illegal drugs into the prison yard, where inmates retrieve the contraband. This smuggling method is believed to have contributed to a deadly ...

The lawsuit by former deputy director for correctional institutions, Pamela Sturz, singles out DCR Director Tommy Johnson for ...

A deputy warden at Nebraska's youth prison will soon chair the state's Board of Parole, Gov. Jim Pillen's office announced ...