Journalist Michael Berryhill didn't just help secure the freedom of Eroy Brown. His book on the murder trial of Brown exposed the cruelty of the Texas prison system, writes UH professor Kevin Prufer.

Clinton County Jail is separate from the state prison system and NYSCOPBA. This story has also been updated to include a state from Assemblymember Michael Cashman on the letter ...

Everyone remembers the photocopied posters that went up a few days later on street posts and in gay bars all over the West ...

DAVISBORO — Twelve prisoners have been charged with murder and other crimes in a fight that left four inmates dead and a ...

Twelve prisoners have been charged with murder and other crimes after a deadly fight at a Georgia state prison.

The Georgia Department of Corrections says a dozen inmates now face charges after a deadly riot at Washington State Prison ...

The New York jail complex uses video games as part of its strategy to reduce violence with programming for good behavior.

At least eight staff members and 20 civilians – including visitors, contractors and vendors – have been arrested for ...

Deputies say the fire was started inside an air duct.

A state judge has ordered five years in prison for Medina Hayes, a Galloway Township woman charged in a federal drug case ...

MARCY, N.Y. — A former prison guard has been found guilty of manslaughter, but not guilty of murder, in the death of Messiah Nantwi, an inmate at Mid-State Correctional Facility in Marcy. An Oneida ...