Currently, 39 states provide compensation for wrongful convictions, according to the Arizona Justice Project. PHOENIX — A ...

The state Department of Corrections is pushing back against the request for a federal judge to remove its control of the ...

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) reported that 29 people have pleaded guilty in a five-year investigation into a scheme to fraudulently obtain COVID-19 unemployment benefits led by SCDC ...

South Carolina prison inmates led a crime ring responsible for obtaining $5 million in fraudulent COVID-19 unemployment ...

The Human Rights Defense Center, publisher of Prison Legal News and Criminal Legal News, wants records from GEO Group about settlements over $1,000.

Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels said the AZ ICE Act will be costly for immigration officials and said the situation is ...

Republican Arizona lawmakers are pushing a bill that would ban state agencies and local governments from refusing to ...

Two former employees of the Arizona Department of Economic Security plead guilty to accepting bribes to approve unqualified ...

Prosecutors have indicated they intend to seek the death penalty against the defendant charged with murdering Phoenix Police ...

Republicans have introduced legislation that, in a shift from the Biden days, would require local authorities to enforce ...

We’re following up on the Montana Department of Corrections efforts to relieve overcrowding at the state prison.We recently ...