A guard tower at the new Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison on Friday, Apr. 10, 2015. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette) ...

Yet challenges remain. Despite receiving more than $400 million annually under the First Step Act, the Bureau of Prisons has ...

Turning things over to outside companies would cause all sorts of problems at Iowa prisons, writes Thomas Hansen.

His comments come after Trump's top envoy, Steve Witkoff, said yesterday that he was pulling the U.S. team of negotiators out ...

States of all political stripes, including Oklahoma, North Dakota and Massachusetts, have sent officials to tour prisons in ...

The "Big Beautiful Bill," enacted by Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump, includes devastating funding ...

After decades of protest from activists, change is coming to the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) health care system ...

Jul. 11—A health care employee was arrested Friday for allegedly attempting to transport almost 200 grams of methamphetamine and other narcotics to Limestone Correctional Facility, according to ...

A contract healthcare worker for the Alabama Department of Corrections was arrested Friday a drug checkpoint at a north Alabama prison.

Federal prosecutors on Thursday recommended a near-six-year prison sentence for ex-Springfield lobbyist Mike McClain, a longtime friend and confidant of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.

A retired police sergeant in a New York suburb has been sentenced to six months in prison for repeatedly firing a Taser gun at a man suffering a health crisis.

An Iowa Department of Corrections official confirmed Tuesday the department is issuing a request for proposal to contract with a private company for health care services in state prisons, though ...