All news on the topic: Prisons

Prisons are intended to be drug-free environments, yet illegal drugs have become so widespread in New Jersey’s state facilities that staff have had to administer the overdose-reversing drug Narcan more than once a day, on average, in recent years, according to a new report.

Four House Democrats requested that the top official of the Federal Bureau of Prisons explain his plans to tackle the agency’s "persistent, unsafe conditions" and the "widespread shortage of critical staff," partly caused by corrections officers leaving the bureau for more lucrative positions at Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss defended her decision to pull a controversial “60 Minutes” segment on an El Salvador prison, telling staff Monday the piece “wasn’t ready” and needed more reporting — pushing back on accusations that the last-minute move was politically motivated.

A one-page mortgage document signed by New York state Attorney General Letitia James is at the center of the federal criminal charges for which she now faces 60 years in federal prison.

A former Georgian prison chief has been found dead amid an ongoing investigation into the alleged beating of billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili’s former ally Giorgi Bachiashvili in prison.

Shamed Congressman George Santos continues to draw attention even from a federal prison in New Jersey, where he has been authoring a weekly journal titled "My Life Behind Bars."

Derek Steven Hughes, aged 41, had been on parole for only six days when he killed his 74-year-old father, Steve Hughes, during a dispute about money early Tuesday, according to law enforcement and family members

According to the Guardian, 28-year-old Hashem Abedi caused severe injuries to three officers, leaving them hospitalized following the April 11th assault at the maximum-security HMP Frankland in Durham, England

The families of two of the city's deceased police officers are urgently asking the state's parole board not to release the men responsible for killing the officers, according to The Post

Sean "Diddy" Combs will likely beg to avoid prison altogether to instead serve whatever sentence he gets at the lavish $48.5 million private-island mansion where he had many of his infamous “freak-offs."

On Wednesday, a federal judge sentenced the mastermind behind a widespread food fraud scheme in Minnesota that occurred during the pandemic to 28 years in prison

A new trove of secret documents in the Bryan Kohberger murder case could be made public in the coming months -- including never-before-seen photographs of the victims.

Photos reveal that Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder of Theranos, was spotted jogging at a comfortable prison camp in Texas, where infamous sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell has recently been discreetly moved

Three escaped prisoners from the eastern Caribbean island of Grenada who were accused of killing an elderly U.S. couple last year after hijacking their catamaran have been sentenced.

House Republicans agreed to postpone an Aug. 11 deposition with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, just hours after she was transferred to a low-security federal prison in Bryan, Texas.

Ghislaine Maxwell has discreetly been transferred to a much more accommodating prison camp in Texas as she negotiates a potential agreement to reveal information about her partner in sex crimes, Jeffrey Epstein

Dwight Muhammad Qawi, the Hall of Fame boxer who began his boxing career while incarcerated and went on to become a world champion in two different weight classes, has passed away

Ghislaine Maxwell was seen carrying a mysterious box back into her Florida FCI Tallahassee prison after meeting with a top Justice Department official on Thursday.

A new report from the state comptroller's office indicates that in 2024, the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) had the highest overtime expenditures, totaling $445 million. This figure represents an increase of almost 21% compared to the previous year

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum visited Alcatraz on Thursday while President Trump advocates for the use of the infamous California prison to hold inmates, more than sixty years after its closure

Kegia Mitchell submitted an Alford plea regarding the death of 56-year-old Thomas Martin, which occurred in August 2020 outside a convenience store in the northeastern area of Las Vegas

Sources share details about Bill Cosby's health and his life after prison as the embattled comedian prepares to turn another year older on his birthday, July 12.

Todd and Julie Chrisley "set the record straight" on the divorce rumors during an episode of their daughter Savannah's "Unlocked" podcast released Tuesday.

Alaska has humorously suggested the creation of a "Bear Alcatraz" to assist the Trump administration in holding more undocumented immigrants, while the White House encouraged Republican states to collaborate with the federal government in establishing similar detention centers nationwide

Todd and Julie Chrisley were pardoned by President Donald Trump after being convicted of fraud and tax evasion.