Monday marks five years since a deadly attack at the Anamosa State Penitentiary killed nurse Lorena Schulte and corrections officer Robert McFarland during a failed escape attempt.

The Cavaliers knocked off Iowa on the Hawkeyes' home court to become the first women's team to go from the First Four to the ...

From voting rights to wages to housing assistance, these officials advocate for systemic change to reduce incarceration.

A Virginia woman spent three days in jail after a Caroline County deputy mistook her for a wanted fugitive who previously ...

Newly released federal records shed light on Eleanor Rush's 1954 death in a North Carolina prison—and the uprising and reforms that followed.

Overtime pay to Virginia Department of Corrections security staff increased by about 127% between fiscal years 2018 and 2025.

Kymora Johnson scored 28 points and Sa’Myah Smith added a career-high 23 to go with 11 rebounds as 10th seed Virginia beat ...

Drug paraphernalia found by the Flagler County Sheriff's Office after a drug bust operation that arrested three inmates at ...

Prisoners nearing retirement age and female convicts are being sent to some of the most dangerous assignments on the ...

Piedmont Virginia Community College is expanding its prison education program, thanks to a grant from the Mellon Foundation.

A Virginia hospital employee is accused of sexually assaulting three patients – all women over 75 who were incapacitated at ...

In 1917, a group of women was forcibly shoved into freezing prison “punishment” cells, brutally injured by male guards, and ...