A Washington lawmaker has introduced legislation that would prevent an inmate convicted of a physical or sexual assault from being housed in a cell with another ...

Even after years of work, courts still have a long way to go: 63% of cases in Superior Courts and Municipal Courts still need ...

It's common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated ...

A new law will require the Department of Corrections to help state inmates get some form of state identification before they are released. The law, which went into effect in January, requires the ...

A Bakersfield man was sentenced to at least 125 years to life in prison for a shooting at the Vagabond Inn that killed two ...

The Shawnee County Commission has approved a contract the Shawnee Co. Department of Corrections deputy director says is “probably the final building block to be put into place” for its mental health ...

Among the stops on a tour Wednesday of the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls was a group shower, a location which the state Department of Corrections ...

A man was sentenced Tuesday for contacting and engaging in sex acts with a minor he met through the popular online game ...

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Closer contact between incarcerated individuals and the broader community strengthens social bonds, enhances prison safety for ... is outdated and costs the state and taxpayers money due to ...

(KTLA) – Two inmates from Southern California are suspects in a deadly attack on a third inmate at California State Prison (SAC), previously called New Folsom Prison, California Department of ...