There are five degrees of prison security in the United States and it dictates nearly every facet of a prisoner's life inside.

The other dedicated over 20 years of career service in maximum and medium security ... in prisons. Due in part to rising prison populations, understaffing has reached unsustainable levels, and ...

About 250 former Level 2 inmates at Kinross were sent to higher-security prisons after the Sept. 10 disturbance, which corrections officers described as a prison riot but the administration said ...

I wondered how much time she has spent inside a jail or prison. I spent 15 years as a mental health professional inside the Penitentiary of New Mexico, a high-level security prison. I am the first ...