State prison officials have suspended in-person visits with inmates at a southeast Iowa prison. The Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility is a minimum security prison and, according to the Iowa ...

An Omaha, Nebraska, firm has been recommended to lead the $36 million design of a 1,500-bed men’s prison for the 400-acre campus that includes the existing circa-1878 men’s lockup in Concord. At its ...

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — A fire Sunday night critically injured an inmate at Indiana State Prison. The fire comes just days after 13 Investigates released a documentary revealing years of systemic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In an open letter sent earlier this month, inmates of Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Pittsfield Township call on Gov.

DENVER — A former Colorado funeral home owner who helped her ex-husband hide nearly 200 decomposing bodies in a building was sentenced Monday to 18 years on a federal fraud charge, nearly the maximum ...

WASHINGTON, March 24 (Reuters) - A Venezuelan man who said he was wrongfully identified as a gang member and deported to a notorious El Salvador prison in violation of a U.S. court order has sued the ...

A former high school principal in Columbia County was sentenced to just over five years in prison last month for possessing and sharing images of child sex abuse. Jeremy P. Williams, a 50-year-old ...

De'Anthony Melton hit the go-ahead free throw with 24.5 seconds left in the Golden State Warriors' 109-106 win over the Brooklyn Nets at Chase Center on Wednesday night. With the game tied at 106-106, ...

HANCOCK COUNTY, Ga. — Three men were indicted for fatal stabbings at Hancock State Prison, according to a series of court documents recently obtained by 13WMAZ. The court documents show that grand ...

The investigations are the latest moves by the Trump administration to force prisons to house transgender women with male inmates. By Jenna Russell The Department of Justice told the governors of ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Montana will no longer send inmates to a private prison in Arizona, opting instead to consolidate ...

Nyerere K. Billups, Sr. announces the Chicago launch of “Unscripting” on March 28, 2026, a collection of essays focused on identity and intentional living. Unscripting is an invitation to question ...