Jacob Beasley is appointed as the new Warden of Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison, effective July 16, 2025, after serving as Warden at Smith State Prison.

Charles Mims is appointed the new warden of Smith State Prison, bringing 18 years of experience within the Georgia Department ...

Hays County inmates housed in Haskell County will be brought back to the Hays County jail by 2027, following approval of an ...

Inmates at Salinas Valley State Prison have declared a hunger strike, effective Friday, to protest what they claim are unlawful practices by the California Department of Corrections and ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, or TDCJ, will take control and staff two prisons in Central Texas later this year ...

An inmate at Georgia's Hancock State Prison has died after officials say he was stabbed multiple times with a homemade weapon in the prison yard.

At a Georgia prison notorious for drug smuggling, 23 cases in four years were dismissed because the suspected drugs never made it to the state crime lab ...

Explore hazardous drinking water at Mule Creek State Prison, environmental injustice and reporting by an incarcerated journalist in California.

Israel’s attack on Evin Prison in the Iranian capital of Tehran on Monday killed 71 people, according to Mizan, the news outlet of the Iranian judiciary.

A correctional officer was arrested at Smith State Prison on Tuesday for allegedly smuggling contraband to inmates, according to a Tattnall County Sheriff’s Office booking report. Travis Hall was ...

We take a closer look at five of the more than 600 bills passed in June by the State Legislature.

Marcy, N.Y. — State prison officials have replaced the superintendent at a Central New York prison where guards fatally beat an inmate earlier this year. Thomas Delmar started May 12 as the new ...