The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) was ordered to reduce its jail inmate population by noon on Thursday, Nov. 14, after it was served a conditional license order (CLO) from the Minnesota ...

An order from the Minnesota Department of Corrections says the inmate population needs to be lowered to under 600.

Mark Geragos, the attorney for Erik and Lyle Menendez, is reportedly set to call on 6 key witnesses to the stand at the ...

The family of a man who died while in prison at Stateville Correctional Center this summer has filed a wrongful death lawsuit ...

Georgia lawmakers are taking a deeper dive into funding options to reduce overcrowding, violence, and safety concerns within ...

The Hennepin County Jail has until Thursday afternoon to slash nearly 20% of its population, but the sheriff's office says it ...

In a blunt report released on Thursday, the department said officials in Fulton County have had “deliberate indifference to ...

a German Shepherd who served the community for five years before transferring to the Maryland Department of Corrections. K-9 ...

After a monthlong civil trial, the question of whether the Alaska Department of Corrections did enough to stop a young ...

An inmate at the Jim E. Hamilton Correctional Center has reportedly walked away from the facility.The Jim E. Hamilton ...

An inmate at a prison in Columbia was recently arrested after a correctional officer was stabbed in the head, according to the South Carolina Department of Corrections.

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