The minister also announced that the recruitment of 13 DSPs, 175 wardens and four matrons in the jails department will be initiated soon.

The incident is now raising alarming questions about the facility’s readiness to handle the most violent criminals in the ...

For Secretary of Corrections Kellie Wasko, the new prison can’t come soon enough because the current one is struggling.

A Russian man has gone on trial on charges of high treason for a video he had allegedly sent to Ukraine’s security services ...

"Restrictive housing is a volatile setting, even for a correctional facility, and staff cannot be expected to determine which ...

The Punjab government is set to build a modern high-security prison for notorious criminals in Gorsian Qadar Baksh near Ludhiana, aimed at enhancing prison security and reintegrating inmates into ...

Inmate Hawk Urban, 27, was fatally stabbed by his cellmate in High Desert State Prison, sparking a murder probe.

The family of a man who died while in custody at Stateville Correctional Center during an early summer heat wave sued the ...

How expansive the pardons would be, including whether they cover those accused of attacking police, will determine the impact ...

Viewpoint: Michigan corrections officers put themselves in harm's way. They deserve pay and benefits that reflect that level of service.

The Cognify project, a provocative idea that proposes a 'bar-less' prison model with inmates rehabilitated through prefabricated memories, sparks a debate on the ethical limits of using AI in ...

The High Court of Justice of England and Wales has refused an appeal against the rejection of a human rights claim by a life prisoner jailed for planning to detonate explosives on a transatlantic flig ...