Correctional officer unions are backing a bill introduced earlier this month that would change how mail is processed in federal prisons.

It bars transgender women from women’s prisons and prohibits federal funds from being used for “any medical procedure, treatment, or drug for the purpose of conforming an inmate’s appearance ...

A federal judge temporarily halted the transfer of a transgender inmate to a men’s prison under President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting gender-related accommodations in federal ...

CHARLESTON — A former West Virginia prison guard was convicted ... wanton endangerment and obstructing an officer. Federal officials say correctional officers retaliated against Burks for ...

Read our methodology to learn how we check claims. Most inmates in Wisconsin’s federal prison, and in federal prisons nationally, are U.S. citizens. Following Trump administration arrests of ...

A former West Virginia prison guard was convicted earlier this week on charges related to the 2022 death of an inmate at Southern Regional Jail in Raleigh County. After a four-day trial, a federal ...

U.S. Sens. Bernie Sanders and Peter Welch and Rep. Becca Balint have jointly condemned President Donald Trump's decision to freeze all federal grants, loans and financial assistance programs ...

West Virginia officials are trying to better understand a freeze on federal funds affecting programs that promote early childhood education, provide college aid, respond to natural disasters and ...

AKRON, Ohio — For the second time in just over a week, Darrin Welch, a 19-year-old from Akron, has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering a teen. According to the Summit County ...