Concerns about employees and economic impact have been widespread since the state Department of Corrections announced it plans to close Rockview, but prison advocates say there are other factors to ...

When the Illinois Department of Corrections shut down the century-old Stateville Correctional Center in September, officials transferred 278 inmates convicted of murder and dozens more serving time fo ...

IRONWOOD - The Board of Education for the Ironwood Area Schools ... group was selected to receive the education excellence award from the SET SEG Foundation, a state group. K-12 Principal Melissa Nigh ...

Federal prison records confirm at least five Washington men were released from custody Monday night after President Donald Trump issued sweeping pardons and sentence commutations for the hundreds ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The state prison system in South Dakota is seeing its share of violence. There are currently more than a hundred court cases involving prison inmates in the hands of ...

A man learned Tuesday he will serve three more years behind bars for attacking a civilian employee at State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill nearly two years ago. The prison staffer ...

DEER LODGE, Mont. — The Montana State Prison Warden, Jim Salmonsen, has been placed on leave, according to the Department of Corrections. The circumstances of Salmonsen's leave are unknown at ...

Two participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol were released from a Bastrop federal prison late Monday ... However, Republican state and federal officials have affirmed that ...

“We need comprehensive change in DOCCS, in order to really transform the state prison system in all of the ways that are required.” Salazar has dubbed her three bills the “Prison Safety is ...

The Governor is asking for money to expand the prison this legislative session. As of January 20, 364 Montanans were serving their sentence in a private out-of-state facility. That number is up from ...

The Montana Department of Corrections said Monday that the warden responsible for the state prison in Deer Lodge is on leave, but declined to provide further information about the situation.