In June 2025, the new album Bending the Bars — produced by the prison abolitionist group Community Hotline for Incarcerated ...

The state has agreed to pay nearly $7 million ettle a class-action lawsuit that alleged guards at its Shirley prison engaged ...

Visitation at theEddie Warrior Correctional Center and theJess Dunn Correctional Center has been cancelled today, May ...

A Michigan woman accused of setting her husband on fire then driving a van over his burning body was sentenced to life in ...

Being expelled or suspended multiple times and being sent to an alternative school for children with behavioral problems were ...

Another arrestee, Connie Weeden, is accused of sending cash via a cell phone app to escapee Jermaine Donald. Weeden, 59, was ...

Pearl Fernandez was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in June 2018 for her involvement in the ...

John Scippa, Gov. Kelly Ayotte's interim pick to lead the state's Department of Corrections won quick approval by the ...

A Minot man has been sentenced to three years with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation after pleading guilty to ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Belmont Correctional Institution announced the recognition of four staff members for the dedication and service at the facility. BeCI named Terry Simcox as its 2025 Correction ...

The governor and DOCCS commissioner both maintain that the budget approves up to three prison closures, but the final number of facilities shut down may be less.

The state Department of Correction is lowering the minimum age requirement to become an officer from 21 to 19 in hopes of ...