The state Department of Correction is lowering the minimum age requirement to become an officer from 21 to 19 in hopes of ...

Officers hired under the age of 21 won’t be assigned to posts or duties that require a firearm but must be eligible to have a license.

Madelyn Linsenmeir’s death gained national attention after her family published an obituary detailing her opioid addiction.

A settlement was reached between the Department of Correction and former and current inmates who filed a lawsuit in ...

The new law bans male inmates from entering women’s restrooms, changing rooms and sleeping quarters in state correctional facilities.

A nearly three-minute video, posted online May 14, shows a bloodied inmate being chased and beaten by two others swinging ...

Last week, 10 inmates escaped a New Orleans prison. Five escapees have been recaptured, while five remain at large and are "armed and dangerous." ...

Two women are facing charges of assisting 10 inmates escape from a New Orleans jail as five remain on the run, Louisiana State Police said Wednesday.

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s prison director was sanctioned by the U.S. for secret dealings with MS-13 leaders.

A maintenance worker was arrested for aiding in the escape of nearly a dozen inmates from a jail in New Orleans.

As the U.S. looks at rehousing inmates on the island prison, here's a look at some ... was an organized crime figure from South Boston, Massachusetts from the 1970s through the 1990s.

Court records on Friday revealed more details on the help escapees received on the outside, while authorities revealed a ...