Around 200 vehicles filled the parking lot of North Lake Correctional Facility, a private prison on the outskirts of the small town of Baldwin in Lake County, on the morning ...

A 61-year-old man convicted of a 1999 double murder was executed on Thursday in Oklahoma, the third inmate put to death in ...

Two inmates have been killed and a correctional officer attacked since the beginning of June, say CDCR officials ...

Avenatti, already in a federal prison for being found guilty of in December 2022 of stealing millions of dollars from his ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation suspended visits and phone access at 21 prisons amid rising violence and overdoses.

Disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti has had his prison sentence for financial fraud reduced from an initial 14 years to just under eight following a resentencing hearing on Thursday in Los Angeles.

South Dakota lawmakers will not convene to make the call on a new prison site on July 22, according to Gov. Larry Rhoden’s office.

The South Dakota Department of Corrections will not offer a promised diesel mechanic training program in a space once ...

The state of Oklahoma plans to execute death row inmate John Hanson on Thursday. Officials say Hanson and an accomplice ...

The Oklahoma City Animal Shelter is reducing adoption fees to help combat overcrowding. According to the shelter, adoption fees for dogs six months and older will be waived until Saturday, June 14.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has announced that all Level III and Level IV facilities ...

A man was found dead inside his cell at the Tulare Adult Pre-Trial Facility on Wednesday.Correctional Deputies were ...