The Georgia Department of Corrections is investigating circumstances under which a Black mother in its custody was apparently forgotten about until her body was sniffed out — the smell of her rotting ...

Columbia, SC — As the hours dragged on during a riot at a South Carolina prison, bodies piled up on the sidewalk. An inmate inside watched in dismay as several fellow prisoners, two he knew well, lay ...

Sri Lanka, July 8 -- The bodies of the seven prison officers who lost their lives during the unrest at the Negombo Prison were brought to the Welikada Prison in Colombo today (08).

State lawmakers and the Tennessee Department of Correction are at odds over whether prison guards should be authorized to use body-worn cameras in Tennessee prisons. Both Democrats and Republicans say ...

More states have introduced external systems to provide oversight into prison systems. Delaware's prison health care ...