South Dakota’s new leader of the state prison system said Wednesday the system’s narcotics issue is no worse than most other ...

The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) says its Stillwater prison will be undergoing a phased closure as part of the state’s economic plan, as well as decrease the amount of current health and ...

In a startling shake-up, Department of Corrections Commissioner Helen Hanks resigned from her job without comment Monday. Gov. Kelly Ayotte also put the assistant corrections commissioner on immediate ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The governor’s Correctional Rehabilitation Task Force, which aims to determine the best ...

The correctional officers union complains of escalating violence, inmates making personalized license plates for director's ...

OKLAHOMA (KFOR) – The Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) invited KFOR on an exclusive tour into one of their correctional facilities. This comes after Rep. J.J. Humphrey, R-Lane, filed a bill ...

Thanks to a chronic workforce shortage and growing demands within the state prison system, seven correction officers and their superiors received more take-home pay than the state’s highest-paid ...

Massachusetts correction officers say ‘more needs to be done’ to stop drug smuggling, as DOC reports contraband busts ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The South Dakota Department of Corrections (DOC) staff identified another attempt at introducing contraband Thursday at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls.

South Dakota Department of Corrections are relying on minimum-custody offenders to help with storm cleanup in Custer State ...

Phelps died on Dec. 13 following an altercation with multiple offenders, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections.