After years of political upheaval, court battles and legislative tugs-of-war, the plan to build a new men’s prison in Lincoln ...

The $825 million guaranteed maximum price for a 1,500-bed new men’s prison in South Dakota was in the ballpark, a consultant said at Tuesday’s Prison ...

Police have released a photo of red tractor similar to an agricultural vehicle used by a Lotus Glen inmate to escape the low ...

One of the four inmates who escaped a minimum security facility in central Ohio last week has been arrested. [DOWNLOAD: Free ...

New York's prison system faces potential reform after a fatal incident and historic strike, sparking debates on progressive ...

France is set to construct a high-security prison in French Guiana. This move aims to isolate dangerous criminals, including drug traffickers. The prison will house around 500 inmates. It will use ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry issued an executive order on safety after 10 Orleans Parish inmates escaped from a correctional facility. Landry wants to ...

The South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation is heading up an inquiry into two inmate deaths that occurred last week on the campus of the South Dakota State Penitentiary. The deaths, as ...

MINISTERE DE LA JUSTICE/AFP The French government has announced plans to construct a high-security prison deep in the jungles of French Guiana, its overseas territory in South America. The prison ...

Here’s a closer look at each of those five tiers of security distinctions.. Minimum-security prisons: The lowest level of security in the federal system, they typically are used for those with ...

What can I do today?” Lowery spoke Monday at Sanford Correctional Center, a minimum security prison 40 miles southwest of Raleigh, as part of the nonprofit Inmates to Entrepreneurs program.