In September, a federal Judge certified a class action allowing more than 1,500 inmates to collectively challenge prison heat conditions they say increase the risk of illness and death.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed Stanley Richards as the new commissioner of the city’s Department of Correction on Saturday. Richards will become the first formerly incarcerated person to lead the city ...

Recent headlines about Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention center have centered on funding disputes, reimbursement rules, environmental reviews, and a contested $608 million price tag ...

FORT WALTON BEACH FL., FL, UNITED STATES, March 12, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — HealthCred founders Chad R. LaBoy, Nolan Weeks, and Carlos Torres announced today that Steve Casey has joined HealthCred ...

Billy Kearse, on Florida's death row for the 1991 murder of Fort Pierce Police Officer Danny Parrish, was executed by lethal ...

Police are investigating after a man was found dead at the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections on Feb. 26, according to a news release. While officers were serving breakfast to inmates, they ...

Held Without Help: Our investigation uncovered hundreds of mentally ill Florida inmates who wait months in jail despite a 15-day transfer law. Hillary Clinton tells Congress she had ‘no relationship’ ...

An Erie man in training to become a state prison corrections officer is suspended from his position after being accused by Erie police of drugging and sexually assaulting a Connecticut woman he ...

A man convicted of killing a 70-year-old grocery store owner has been put to death in Florida, becoming the second person executed by the state this year after a record 19 executions in 2025. Melvin ...

Earlier this month, five Native American men held in the Rhode Island Department of Corrections’ maximum security facility in Cranston filed a lawsuit alleging religious discrimination. The plaintiffs ...

A man convicted of killing a 70-year-old grocery store owner has been put to death in Florida, becoming the second person executed by the state this year after a record 19 executions in 2025. Melvin ...

A Miami-Dade Corrections officer was arrested for an alleged battery of an inmate, officials said. Myth Louis-Jeune, 36, is facing the charge in the alleged incident that happened around March 1, 2023 ...