Two violent deaths at a state prison near Stockton have brought attention to conjugal visits, a practice many states have ...

A man convicted on drug charges in Missouri has died in a federal prison in Mississippi after an additional sentence for ...

The practice started in the U.S. in the early 1900s at Parchman, the Mississippi ... California's corrections department said in a statement after Dowells' death. As states have axed conjugal ...

A man serving a life sentence for capital murder who escaped a Mississippi prison was recaptured, according to authorities. Nevin Kerr Whetstone, 71, was taken back into custody just outside of ...

A spokesperson for the Mississippi Department of Corrections declined to comment ... with a majority returned to custody afterward. About half of those escapes have been since 2020.

Lawmakers are deliberating a $150 million expansion to the Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge, adding 512 beds to the ...

An inmate died after being found unresponsive at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Yazoo City Medium in Yazoo City.

A University of Mississippi graduate student ... "Characteristics such as job assignments, having visitation from family and friends, and prison programming are all factors." ...