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.

Dozens of Cybertrucks at a Florida parking lot were spray painted with a vulgar term directed at Tesla owner Elon Musk.

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 ...

A Tennessee death row prisoner has declared a hunger strike, saying he is protesting issues with medical care, the quality of ...

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 ...