Amid the turmoil, a 61-year-old man incarcerated at Auburn Correctional Facility near Syracuse was found dead Saturday in his ...

Cayuga County Sheriff Brian Schenck is calling on the state Legislature to either repeal or make significant changes to HALT.

Families of people who died in prison fought to keep their case alive to hold both the state and the University of Alabama ...

Two facilities for incarcerated people transitioning out of prison are on the chopping block as Washington lawmakers look for ways to close the state’s multibillion-dollar budget shortfall.

DOCCS has temporarily suspended a solitary confinement reform law, known as HALT, after Hochul declared a state of emergency ...

The build-to-rent home market is booming, and Alabama is right up there among the leaders, thanks mostly to Huntsville. AL.com’s Ramsey Archibald reports that a recent analysis found there are nearly ...

A wildcat strike by guards at New York's prisons, now in its second week, is fueling fears over deteriorating conditions ...

Two families have come forward, alleging that their relatives were subjected to excessive force by corrections officers at the Albany County Jail.

A judge has given final approval to a legal settlement that subjects the federal Bureau of Prisons to independent monitoring ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul once dubbed Hazel Dukes, the venerable leader of New York State’s NAACP chapter, “my mom on Earth.” But ...