A Florida woman is behind bars for allegedly trying to distribute K2 into the South Dakota State Penitentiary.

The City Commission in Leavenworth approved a permit to private prison operator CoreCivic. Members voted 4-1 to approve a three-year permit with conditions that set minimum staffing levels, ban the ...

TOPEKA, Kan. — A Kansas town known for its prisons is allowing a shuttered private prison to reopen and house detained immigrants after a nearly yearlong legal fight amid a massive national push for ...

An investigation into the death of an inmate last November at the Miami Correctional Facility, located north of Kokomo, has resulted in charges being filed against nine other inmates.

It's more costly to house inmates at higher security levels, but the Michigan Corrections Organization says the system needs more high-security beds.

Jailhouse drug plot busted as inmate accused of smuggling K2 into county lockup PITTSBURGH, PA— An inmate at the Allegheny County Jail is facing new criminal charges after investigators say he ...

A federal jury this week decided in favor of an SCI-Greene inmate who said he had been subjected to cruel and unusual punishment after being held in solitary confinement for 50 days in a section ...

In a prison system rife with drugs, a new civil rights lawsuit accuses the Missouri DOC of punishing people for addiction, rather than treating it.

Conditions inside Indiana State Prison are fueling a suicide crisis, according to former mental health employees.

The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office says it has dismantled a criminal network that was smuggling designer drugs into the Bexar County jail. Six people are accused of playing a role in the network, ...