Virginia’s prisons have been fighting allegations that they callously lock away prisoners for years in solitary confinement.

NPR first reported on the case of Charles Givens, a disabled inmate at Virginia's Marion Correctional Treatment Center, in ...

A South Carolina man on death row prepares to be put to death by firing squad, as his lawyer says the case is a matter of ...

Attorney General Gentner Drummond is urging a U.S. District Court to uphold an executive order by President Trump that ...

Florida on Tuesday evening executed a 48-year-old death row inmate who kidnapped and murdered a woman in 2000, marking the ...

Some people incarcerated in Maryland’s prisons may have a chance to have their sentences reduced through a bill being considered now. The Second Look Act would allow younger offenders who have served ...

A North Carolina Court of Appeals ruling has reversed a Wake County judge’s order allowing a transgender woman inmate to be ...

Gov. Glen Youngkin is soon to sign House Bill 2158, a major stride in prison reform. This bipartisan bill, patroned by delegates Betsy Carr and Carrie Coyner, aims to expand higher education ...

(Colin MurpheyArkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP) LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A plan to build a 3,000-inmate prison in Arkansas ...

Lawmakers claim they've received reports from parents and advocates of prolonged lockdowns, solitary confinement and a lack ...

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Three other prison employees have reached plea agreements, Fitzpatrick has said. Fitzpatrick also is investigating the death of Messiah Nantwi on March 1 at nearby Mid-State Correctional Facility ...