The state’s oldest operating jail was recognized in its final year by the Nebraska Jail Standards board Friday during the ...

A Western North Carolina man will spend the rest of his life behind bars after pleading guilty in the cold case murder of his wife.

At that session, a faith-based social justice group asked the panel to back an Evers plan to close a state prison near Green Bay within four years. Hundreds of men from southeastern Wisconsin are ...

State officials plan to release hundreds of incarcerated people in NY, citing staffing shortages tied to the firing of 2,000 prison workers who refused to return to work following the end of a strike.

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Corrections officers and support staff rallied Tuesday at the Pennsylvania State Capitol in opposition to a pending plan to close two state prisons and two community ...

Elio Jose Luis Mendoza of Grafton reached a plea agreement in Northeast District Court last Thursday, March 27, with the Walsh County State’s Attorney’s Office regarding Class B felony aggravated ...

The heads of the Universities of Wisconsin system and the state Department of Corrections faced critical questions from Republican state lawmakers Tuesday over requests for new state funding.

The Corrections Department — one of the largest departments in state government with about 2,500 employees and an annual budget of about $370 million — is under the auspices of the executive ...

Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Sunday stressed the importance of the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, saying it could determine “the future of America and Western ... tilt on the state Supreme ...

The worst wildfires in the country right now are burning in Western North Carolina and the ... Complex Fire continues to spread, jumping the state line into Transylvania County, North Carolina ...

Multiple fire departments responded to a grass fire on the southwest corner of the Nebraska State Penitentiary property during a red flag warning on Friday afternoon. At about 1 p.m., Lincoln Fire ...

Jeymes Samuel’s slick and splashy film pulls its carriage into town with a swagger recent Westerns have yet to surpass. With its percussive score and tough-as-nails cast, The Harder They Fall ...