As world leaders file through the Oval Office for meetings with President Trump, the walls are adorned with dignified portraits of U.S. presidents.

When the state of Illinois shut down the century-old, maximum-security prison last year, nearly four of every five inmates ended up being sent to less-secure sites, The Associated Press found.

President Trump fired the Kennedy Center's president and every member of the board that was appointed by Joe Biden.

Richard White, 57, committed violent acts to protect the dealings of the gang during his 12-year membership, a prosecutor ...

When the Illinois Department of Corrections shut down the century-old Stateville Correctional Center in September, officials ...

In historian Robin Bernstein's new book "Freeman's Challenge," raising questions of the for-profit prison industry ...

Meet Clem, the Guinness World Records holder for the largest brick collection!

Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The ...

Faced with more immediate funding needs, state officials haven’t asked for more money for rehabilitation programs, such as ...

The number of incarcerated people nationwide has declined, and almost 200 correctional facilities have closed in the past 20 ...

Down in Florida, a former Drug Enforcement Agency officer is going away for a long time after admitting to swapping bricks of seized cocaine with 3D-printed decoys. Wait, what? As the Associated Press ...