In an act reminiscent of Mamie Till’s profound gesture of defiance, Steven Davis’ mother carried a photo of her beaten son’s ...

A broken water pipe at Montana State Prison has limited water for prisoners and forced mobilization of the state’s National ...

InvestigateWest reporting exposed sexual abuse by guards and a system that fails to track the scope of the problem.

An inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison was sentenced to life behind bars for the murder of a fellow convict -- his third ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina inmate who spent 42 years on death row has died of natural causes at a prison hospital, ...

Arrest warrants are offering new details in the arrest of a Dooly State Prison inmate, which claims she was paid $200 to ...

The fundamental human rights of Florida’s prison population could get a boost if a newly filed bill is adopted. Tamarac ...

State and local prison officials are stepping up efforts to confiscate smuggled narcotics, especially drug-soaked paper.

Long overloaded with too many inmates, the state has turned to prisons as far off as Mississippi. Officials cite limited ...

Long overloaded with too many inmates and not enough space to hold them, the state has turned to prisons as far off as Mississippi. Officials cite limited options; inmates’ lawyers and families say ...

The pipe, which carries water from the well house to the main water tank, which supplies water to the secure compound, broke on Friday morning.

The National Guard has been hauling in water to up the prison’s 300,000-gallon water tank to keep the system pressurized ...