Earlier this spring, violence broke out in the Lee Correctional Institution in South Carolina, resulting in seven deaths and many injuries. Incarcerated leaders in the South Carolina prison system ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Monroe County is making progress in addressing staffing shortages at its jail and courts. The county is currently down about 27 deputies, a significant improvement from a previous ...

SACRAMENTO — Officials said 30,000 California inmates refused meals Monday at the start of a prison strike involving two-thirds of the state’s 33 lockups, as well as four out-of-state facilities.

The proposed changes follow a 22-day strike by state correction officers that was largely fueled by their concerns over solitary confinement limits A committee formed after this year’s strike by New ...

Detainees at Delaney Hall are refusing to eat or work as the “dangerous conditions” get worse. Authorities have denied their ...