The state has agreed to pay nearly $7 million ettle a class-action lawsuit that alleged guards at its Shirley prison engaged in a retribution campaign.

The agreement, which will need to be approved by a federal judge in Worcester, was hailed by Prisoners’ Legal Services of ... is about holding (the Department of Corrections) accountable for ...

Springfield Sister Cities Association will hold a pair of informational meetings about upcoming trips to Tlaquepaque in ...

Dr. Kathryn Haynes Owen is now Georgia's Statewide Mental Health Director, aiming to improve inmate mental health.

Issuing of identification paraphernalia within the Department of Correctional Services appears to be a major stumbling block, as the issue of such identifications has now been outstanding for more ...

After decades of unsuccessful efforts to improve California prison conditions ruled unconstitutional and blamed for ...

The Department of Correctional Services came in for criticism when it briefed Parliament on its action plan to comply with Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka’s remedial action in her report on the ...

The Montana Department of Corrections on Monday moved 50 inmates form the Montana Women’s Prison in Billings to the former Riverside Special Needs Unit in Boulder, according to a press release ...

Several citations in the original report, which focuses on children’s health, referenced papers that did not exist. White ...

Johannesburg - A ten-day quarantine has been declared at a Johannesburg prison where 51 cases of measles had been confirmed, the correctional services department said on Monday. "From October 26 to ...