More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire ...

The new rates vary by facility size and type. At the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola—and at all other state ...

Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman chronicle financial mismanagement, abuses of power and general inhumanities in a system ...

On the other hand, advocates on behalf of transgender people and inmates criticised the order, saying it would put them in danger. ANGOLA PRISON, LOUISIANA – OCTOBER 14, 2013: A prisoner walks thru a ...

Prominent entertainer and activist Ts Madison is speaking out against President Trump’s recent executive order mandating that male-bodied transgender inmates be sent back to male prisons.

A Limestone Correctional Facility inmate remained on life support following an inmate-on-inmate assault on Wednesday, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections.

Jan. 6 inmates' supporters await DC jail release for 2nd night Two J6 inmates released from prison in Philadelphia said they headed to the D.C. jail to support those still being held. “There was ...

(Radio-Canada) The Quebec case of convicted murderer Levana Ballouz has sparked a tense debate about whether trans inmates should be allowed to choose whether they serve time in men's or women's ...

A man charged with assault causing bodily harm in an altercation at Prince George Regional Correctional Centre will be sentenced Feb. 11 after pleading guilty to a lesser charge. Michael Campbell ...

Brian Marcum was driving a semi carrying approximately 96,000 pounds of aluminum on Jan. 16, when he came across a traffic accident on U.S. 60 between the exits for New Hartford Road and Frederica ...

As of Friday, 939 prison inmates have been deployed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to help contain the blazes, the department confirmed to CBS News.

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Sal Almanza has worked 24-hour shifts in grueling terrain, cutting fire lines and hauling away brush trying to keep ahead of fires that have devastated several Los ...