The federal courthouse in Sioux Falls. (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight) A Sioux Falls jury ordered a former state prison warden to pay $105,000 in damages to an inmate after a federal civil rights ...

In the foreground is Missouri's newest prison, the maximum-security Jefferson City facility. In the background is the medium security Algoa Correctional Center. JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri ...

A federal jury has deadlocked for the second time in a trial of a former correctional officer charged with sexually abusing ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — Former federal prison warden Percy Pitzer has published "A Warden's Path," drawing from his career in corrections to advocate for prison reform and better community reintegration of ...

KY prison official resigned in 2023 amid probe into explicit inmate messages. TN corrections department hired her without checking KY disciplinary record. Official now oversees Nashville prison and ...

Former York County Prison training contractor Joseph Garcia denies affiliation with CSAU LLC and any involvement in the 2021 inmate abuse incident. Garcia claims he volunteered during the incident and ...

When inmates at the troubled state prison in Tecumseh sparked fires, correctional officers mounted a confused response that left an inmate locked in a smoky cell for over three hours.

Documents released through a Right-to-Know request detail York County Prison's controversial 2021 training contract with CSAU-1 LLC, led by Joseph Garcia. A federal lawsuit alleges Garcia oversaw ...

Lackawanna County District Attorney Brian Gallagher said he’ll likely file charges next week in the case of an ...