A witness to numerous overdoses in state prisons accuses officials of turning a blind eye to collusion between officers and ...

Two lawsuits claim staff at the Clinton County Jail ignored inmates' medical needs in part because staff take pride in being ...

A Republican-sponsored bill in Congress could potentially affect thousands of Michigan voters if passed. Supporters of the ...

DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan couple accused of fraud in a timeshare contract dispute and held in a Mexican prison for 32 days has returned home following negotiations between U.S. and Mexican officials.

The warden of a Michigan prison can be sued for alleged training failures in a case where officers gave a plastic bag to a ...

The lower chamber approved a 6% increase to the budget, which will fund Montana’s government functions for the next two years ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Bruce Ward, a convicted murderer who was the longest-serving inmate on Arkansas' death row, has died ...

The proposals come as Republican governors in several states grapple with how to increase funding for overcrowded facilities. The Arkansas Senate voted 19-10 in favor of a bill that would have given ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state prisons will release some inmates early because the system does not have enough corrections officers, weeks after the state fired more than 2,000 guards who went on ...

If the court reverses that standard entirely or in part, it could affect the sentences of hundreds of inmates who’ve spent decades in prison.

Currently, cell phone jammers are illegal. Officials say they are necessary for protecting people from inmates who get their ...

The Michigan Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments on whether the state’s felony murder standard is constitutional. We ...