The woman is also suing the federal government, claiming it never should have let a correctional officer alone with her.

Registered sex offender Jody Douglas Whitten is wanted in Jasper and Spalding counties, authorities say. Investigators believe Whitten frequents the Jasper and Henry County area and urge immediate ...

The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) is implementing a new policy to photocopy all incoming mail for inmates, ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)– In 2025, 19 Michigan Department of Corrections facilities harvested 116,455 pounds of fresh produce, donating it to food pantries, residential care facilities, churches, and ...

The funds held more than $19 million at the end of 2024 but receive no scrutiny from lawmakers. Some Michigan inmates say that despite large balances in the funds intended to help them, they can't ...

A 14-year-old girl in Illinois was allegedly killed by a repeat offender after she was reported missing on Friday, according to officials. The Illinois State Police told Fox News Digital in a ...

Correctional officers at Rhode Island’s state prison are claiming inmates made unauthorized social media posts last week and say they’ve complained to management about a lack of oversight of prisoner ...

The Oct. 22 incident is the seventh fall or jump from upper galleries at two Michigan prisons that the Free Press has documented since 2020. Five of those incidents have been fatal, records show.

LANSING — A video of Michigan prison officers in riot gear confronting a caged and handcuffed inmate and twice spraying him with chemical agents has become a central issue in a federal court lawsuit.

A Mississippi man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 20-year-old community college student in 1993 was executed Wednesday. Charles Crawford, 59, was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m. following a ...

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - The Mississippi Department of Corrections made an error that let a habitual offender out of prison years too early. Within three months, the ...

MID-MICHIGAN (WNEM) – The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) is celebrating the graduation of over 250 students that took part in higher education prison programs. MDOC said the completion of a ...