As lawmakers push for accountability for longstanding issues, a Michigan Department of Corrections spokeswoman pushed back against the testimony.

Reports of hazardous mold growth, drug smuggling and retaliation within Michigan’s only prison for women led to a hearing before the House Oversight Committee Tuesday morning.

A special commission of Venezuela’s National Assembly announced Tuesday that over 3,200 people have been fully released since the amnesty law took ef ...

On Feb. 17, 2025, correction officers across New York started a 22-day strike that led to the firing of more than 2,000 striking officers and the deployment of the National Guard to state ...

Both are under investigation for the same offense — misconduct in public office — and while neither of them has been charged yet, their high-profile arrests have shone a spotlight on an ancient law ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom last week visited San Quentin prison to celebrate a milestone in turning the once-notorious lockup into a model of progressive public safety.

The arrests of the former Prince Andrew and Britain’s former ambassador to the U.S. over their links to Jeffrey Epstein are shining a spotlight on an ancient offense known as misconduct in public offi ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An Alabama House committee is scheduled to consider a bill Wednesday that would allow the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles to use sanctions other than parole revocations for ...

I went to federal prison for contempt of Congress. My detractors say I acted above the law. My supporters say I’m the poster child for a weaponized justice system.    I won’t relitigate that ...

Governor Daniel Pruce has pledged to set very aggressive timelines for implementing more than 30 recommendations arising from an independent review of the territory’s prison, following an escape ...