Prosecutors say Matthew Vogel, who had violated parole on a drug charge, was killed by his cellmate one day before he was set ...

Masterson is being held in the prison's highest security level unit, I hear – in no small part for his own protection. In ...

Elijah Palmer, a minimum custody risk inmate, escaped early Saturday morning from the Whetstone Unit at the Arizona State ...

The Idaho Department of Correction didn’t respond to two emails and a phone call seeking comment about why Kuintzle was being housed at the 400-bed minimum-security prison meant for men who are ...

Prisons across the U.S. are ... of prisoners to match the reduced staffing levels. In the federal system, there are four categories of security (minimum, low, medium and high).

This program too is a success and allows inmates of all security levels to transition ... 156,000 inmates who are minimum and low security inmates in federal prison. Supervision of inmates in ...

Mandatory minimum sentencing laws enacted ... should be held accountable—but for whom prison is a misguided sentence. FACT: Thousands of low-level drug offenders are sent to prison.