Louisiana’s state-run youth detention centers have reported significant decreases in assaults, something officials attribute to a new detention facility for particularly at-risk youth and enhanced ...

Voters have a chance on March 29 to turn the tide against Gov. Jeff Landry and his legislature’s extensive, expensive plans ...

Wisconsin’s second-oldest prison that was built in the 1800s would finally be shuttered under a new plan from Gov. Tony Evers ...

Over the weekend, sweeping changes were proposed by Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers to the state's prison system. But to one prison ...

Girls who are in state custody for committing crimes are being moved back to the Ware Youth Center, a privately-runfacility ...

A former psychiatric nurse practitioner has been placed on probation after serving less than half of his prison sentence, and ...

Jose Estevez-Luciano said he understood that he violated the oath he took when he became a corrections officer and was sorry ...

Despite promises to improve the system, problems within prisons keep mounting. Critics say the Dominican Republic continues ...

State Republicans in the Green Bay area are voicing support for Governor Tony Evers' plan to permanently close Green Bay ...

Three months after voters approved Proposition 36 to reclassify certain petty theft and drug crimes as felonies, the Los ...