A state board found last year that the county repeatedly failed to meet minimum staffing requirements at the facility.

More than half of those incarcerated suffer from mental health illness. That's the driving force for Metro Community College's criminal justice program adding a mental health course.

A grand jury in Oneida County has handed up charges against correction officers involved in the Dec. 9 beating of an inmate ...

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.

St. Louis activist Khanika Harper found the perfect way to marry her passion for justice with the power of love: She became a ...

A circle of criminal justice advocates have long pushed to create an independent body to monitor the Arizona Department of ...

Two men convicted of murder were executed Thursday night, marking the fourth and fifth executions in the United States this ...

Gov. Ned Lamont proposed eliminating free tablets, texts and emails for Connecticut’s incarcerated population at his biennial ...

According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 25 people were executed in the United States in 2024. The number of death sentences imposed was 26. There are 2,092 people on death row in the United ...

New York’s top judge on Monday called on lawmakers and judges to enact major sentencing reforms to address a criminal justice ...