CoreCivic could be one of the biggest beneficiaries of new federal contracts under President Trump. CBS News took a look at ...

At the same time the DOC announced the lowering of the minimum age to become an officer from 21 to 19, the union that represents those officers lambasted the settlement the department had just reached ...

The recent escapes follow several other high-profile breakouts, like that of Danilo Cavalcante, a convicted murderer who ...

Former reality TV star Todd Chrisley served two of his reduced 10-year sentence at Pensacola's Federal Prison Camp. Here's ...

A key House committee endorsed minimum mandatory prison terms for drug sellers who cause death or possess significant amounts of fentanyl, but with an escape hatch that would let a judge issue a ...

According to its website, the correctional facility is a minimum security “prison diversion program for adult male offenders.” A spokesperson for the facility said the escape is being ...

SAN FRANCISCO - President Trump is now getting the wheels in motion on his plan to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz as a maximum-security prison. What we know: Several top leaders of the Bureau of ...

SAN FRANCISCO - President Trump is now getting the wheels in motion on his plan to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz as a maximum-security prison. What we know: Several top leaders of the Bureau of Prisons, ...

Officials say Stateville’s budget has stayed relatively level because of an increase in the population of a reception center ...