A 34-year-old former teacher at SanLee Middle School was sentenced to 18 to 26 years in the North Carolina Department of Corrections on Monday, Feb. 10 for sex offenses. Andrew Braxton Allen of Siler ...

When the Illinois Department of Corrections shut down the century-old Stateville Correctional Center in September, officials transferred 278 inmates convicted of murder and dozens more serving time ...

When criminals are released from prison, the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) is tasked with keeping a close eye on ...

Lawyers for 25,000 people incarcerated in Arizona have asked a judge to take over health care operations in state-run prisons and appoint an official to run them, saying the state ...

Law enforcement officials are investigating after an inmate at the Hennepin County Jail was allegedly caught with legal ...

TALLAHASSEE — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by Florida Death Row inmate James Ford, setting the ...

The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled unanimously in favor of a lower court’s ruling, saying the sex offender failed to ...

Timothy Harper, 54, of Clovis, pled guilty to Possession of visual medium of sexual exploitation and Bestiality on Monday. He was also sentenced to 11 and a half years in the Department of ...

Champaign County Jail updates restraint chair tracking after investigation raises concerns about reporting and practices.

CoreCivic (CXW), a major operator of private detention centers, reported strong financial performance in Q4 of 2024, beating ...

The Department of Correctional Services has launched a manhunt for an inmate who escaped from the Pollsmoor Correctional Centre in the Western Cape.

A manhunt has been launched for four awaiting trial prisoners who escaped from police custody in Limpopo. The four men ...