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.

Authorities have captured three more escaped inmates from New Orleans, and two still remain at large. Find out which ones are ...

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

Former reality TV star Todd Chrisley served two of his reduced 10-year sentence at Pensacola's Federal Prison Camp. Here's ...

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

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

Former Negros Oriental representative Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves Jr. will share a room with another inmate at the New Bilibid ...

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.

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.

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

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