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A correction officer was taken to a hospital after suffering burns and smoke inhalation, the city's Department of Corrections said.

The changes come several weeks after the messaging and calling functions on inmate tablets were suspended pending an investigation.

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The Louisiana Department of Corrections is investigating the death of an inmate after a fight at the Louisiana State Penitentiary Tuesday morning. According to the DOC, correctional officers responded to a fight between three inmates and 45-year-old Robert Clark Jr. The officers gained control and contacted the prison’s medical staff. […]

The state's two oldest prisons — Waupun Correctional Institution and Green Bay Correctional Institution — are still under some lockdown conditions.

Members of NOPE - Lincoln County are expected to appear for their first court hearing Jan. 22 at the Lincoln County Courthouse in Canton.

Wisconsin's Department of Corrections has long been criticized for its lack of transparency when it comes to reporting in-custody deaths.

The group Neighbors Opposed to Prison Expansion learned of the DOC Secretary's decision on Tuesday afternoon.

A 29-year-old prisoner died last week at Waupun Correctional Institution amid the ongoing lockdown, which is now in its sixth month.

Hollywood star Jonah Hill has announced that he will soon debut a documentary about mental health however he wont be available to promote it, or any of his upc

Writing from their cells, prisoners ask legislators to reduce the Department of...