House Bill 556 would reimburse counties more money for housing state inmates in their jails.

Idaho lawmakers are advancing a bill that expands what counts as sexual abuse by prison staff, after reporting by ...

Officials said more than 1,200 inmates sentenced to state custody are currently housed in county jails across Idaho awaiting more space in state prison facilities.

Spurred by InvestigateWest reporting that exposed sexual abuse by Idaho women’s prison staff, lawmakers are advancing legislation meant to close a gap in state law that makes it difficult to hold ...

Court documents show less than two years after Mohamed Bailor Jalloh was released from prison for attempting to aid the ...

Cuba’s government said Thursday night that it would release 51 people from the island’s prisons in an unexpected move.The Ministry of Fo ...

The Idaho House of Representatives has passed a bill that would require all local law enforcement to enter agreements with U.

BOISE, Idaho — Seventy treatment court programs across Idaho offer people facing prison a different path. Structured programs that trade incarceration for accountability, treatment and a chance to ...

The Malaysian Prisons Department, in conjunction with this year's Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebrations, will allow visits from family members on the third and fourth days of the festival. In a statement ...

More than 480 inmates were released yesterday from Harare Central Prison after benefiting from a Presidential Clemency granted by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, ...

Ada County Jail's new IGNITE program focuses on education to cut repeat offenses, joining a national effort to break incarceration cycles.

Professor Rebecca Scofield said Ashley Guillard’s accusations she was involved in the University of Idaho murders has damaged her career and reputation ...