A lockdown at Port Augusta Prison has been lifted and union members have returned to work after talks.

A new section of Port Augusta Prison had barriers that were constructed wide enough that a prisoner could slip through. The design flaw was fixed before the unit opened.

An Augusta nonprofit that helps jailed women rejoin the workforce is opening its new office space and training center downtown.

Inmates who complete their sentences in a Washington prison walk out the front gate with more than a handshake and release papers. The state provides them with suitable clothing, plus $40 and the ...

It’s technically a jail but it has something no other prison does: 0% of the women who have been here end up behind bars again.

A former corrections officer at the now-closed Augusta Correctional Center in Craigsville pleaded guilty Thursday to smuggling drugs into the prison.

A surgical technician at the Augusta State Medical Prison was arrested after allegedly having sexual intercourse with an inmate in an operating room.

The Orange County District Attorney's office said a Port Jervis woman who pleaded guilty to arson was sentenced to nine years in state prison.

The Port St. Lucie mother of a 2-year-old boy who fatally shot himself by accident is ordered to prison. Natalie Cruz, 25, and her fiancé, Quintenn Wesley, 25, were arrested after the Feb. 18 ...