Joshua J. Smith, 50, was appointed deputy director of the Bureau of Prisons on June 9, according to a bureau spokesperson. He ...

A private correctional company says inmates at a Tennessee prison sought to destroy property, compromised security cameras ...

Unrest in a prison northeast of Nashville has been contained, the sheriff says, and all prisoners returned to their cells after officers sprayed chemical agents into the prison yard.

Policymakers and criminal justice reform activists seek an audit and reevaluation of the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention ...

Convicted killer and recaptured prison escapee Grant Hardin, known as the “Devil in the Ozarks,” has been transferred to the ...

Two years after approving a tough-on-crime sentencing law, South Dakota is scrambling to deal with the price tag for that ...

Joshua J. Smith, a Tennessee businessman whom the president pardoned during his first term, now advocates for inmate ...

CoreCivic, who owns and operates the prison, said it started when several inmates refused to return to their cells. CoreCivic Senior Director of Public Affairs Ryan Gustin said local law ...

The rise of artificial intelligence and the popularity of online classes have led to an explosion of financial aid fraud.

There were major issues with the building from the outset, including a lack of supervision and adequate housing for mentally ill inmates. “Now we’ve got a jail with 900 cameras, but that’s ...

The conditions of the injured inmates were disclosed, with Willie Haugabrook III, 40, and Brandon Willis, 19, being taken to the hospital and are now in stable condition. Inmates Stacey Motez ...

On a rather unconventional stage amid the barbed wires of the Waiawa Correctional Facility (WCF), nine inmates stepped forward ... and were now the proud holders of Culinary Arts certificates.