The Scottish government is to argue in court that a "blanket rule" about placing transgender prisoners in jails according to ...

A former prison officer has been jailed after she was captured on her body-worn video camera performing a sex act on an ...

Ministers have published legal arguments on the issue ahead of a hearing at the Court of Session in Edinburgh next month.

A former prison officer has been jailed for three and a half years after forming illicit relationships with two inmates and ...

The Families Committee of Political Detainees in the West Bank condemned the Palestinian Authority’s continued arrest of ...

A Bradford County inmate was arrested after troopers said he threatened and tried to hit a corrections officer. Glen Kithcart ...

An inmate at SCI Smithfield was pronounced deceased after being found unresponsive in a cell, acting superintendent Kenneth ...

WILLIAMSPORT — The state Department of Corrections and the superintendent of the Muncy prison are accused in a federal civil suit of ignoring the mental health needs of a female inmate from Schuylkill ...

WILLIAMSPORT — The former Cumberland County resident described as a “critical middleman” in a national scheme to funnel ...

Over 1M visits with loved ones uplift inmate morale and aid reentry. Discover how strong connections reduce recidivism and ...

The Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits “cruel and unusual punishment” from being inflicted on prisoners.

Medical examiners who take a person’s organs without family consent would face 10 years in prison and a $15,000 fine.