DEER LODGE – A white straw hat shielding his weathered face from the midday sun, cow boss Allen Johns coaxed his 33-year-old student to hold ... hand lines and three pivots. Another 33 inmates ...

Messiah Nantwi was killed March 1 at Mid-State prison, becoming the second inmate to be fatally beaten in a NY prison in ...

Leavenworth, Kansas, occupies a mythic space in American crime, its name alone evoking a short hand for serving hard time.

An investigation found that detainees face harsh conditions, crumbling infrastructure, use of force and lack of counsel.

A 21-year-old was sentenced to nearly two years on Friday for attacking another inmate in the Leavenworth County Jail. Christian Harris, 21, earned a 23-month sentence in the Kansas Department of ...

County sheriffs and attorneys ask lawmakers to fund mental health facilities as jails have a backlog of mentally ill ...

Inmate Misti Mangone said she wished she could be more hands on with her efforts. “There are so many things I would want to do to try to give back, like take people water or blankets, or anything,” ...

The Louisiana governor is starkly warning those aiding and abetting the state’s escaped inmates that they will be facing jail time for their actions. A manhunt has been underway since early ...

Approximately one year later, former FBI agent David Beyer released his report into a string of inmate deaths in LMDC ... Miller's face as he "began to raise his hands." Krause delivered another ...

Assembly Bill 247 would raise the hourly wage of jail inmates assigned to work on active fire scenes. "They put themselves on the front lines," Assemblymember Isaac G. Bryan (D-Los Angeles), the ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- California lawmakers are considering giving a raise to inmate firefighters under new legislation. Assembly Bill 247 aims to raise the hourly wage of inmates to $19 when they ...