Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Bent County coroner identified the two prisoners who died inside the Bent County Correctional Facility during an unspecified “incident” on Saturday as 27 ...

It has been the home to prisons since it was formed in the 1960’s, and now Crest Hill has been selected by the Illinois Department of Corrections to be the location of its two newest facilities. The ...

SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Department of Corrections said Friday it’s moving forward with a plan to shut down a women’s prison in central Illinois and rebuild it south of Chicago, near the site of ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Following a series of gruesome fires at Indiana State Prison, the commissioner of the Indiana Department of Correction says IDOC should have taken more proactive steps to help prevent ...

The Bridgeport Correctional Center in Wise County was evacuated after a high level of carbon monoxide was detected Wednesday morning, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. According ...

MARYSVILLE, Ohio — Nearly three years into her 15-years-to-life sentence for a deadly Strongsville crash, Mackenzie Shirilla has racked up 36 prison conduct reports, according to records obtained by ...

Mackenzie Shirilla racked up numerous prison violations after being convicted in the “Hell on Wheels” fatal car crash that left her boyfriend and a close friend dead. While Shirilla has always denied ...

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (KAKE) - Prison officials say they’re applying for a new contract with the Bureau of Land Management in hopes of continuing the wild horse and burro program at Hutchinson Correctional ...

DOOLY COUNTY, Ga. — All Georgia Department of Corrections facilities are on lockdown after an "altercation" at Dooly State Prison on Thursday. Lori Benoit with the Georgia Department of Corrections ...

Multiple Democrats are criticizing a congressional candidate in Texas for vowing to turn an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center into a “prison for American Zionists.” The ...

MORGAN COUNTY, Tenn. — Three state senators visited the Morgan County Correctional Complex on Tuesday for a closed-door meeting with prison leadership as questions continue surrounding the February ...

A Queens man was sentenced to up to 18 years in prison for the high-speed Southern State crash that killed his sister and a friend. NewsdayTV's Amy McGorry reports. Credit: Newsday/Howard Schnapp Stay ...