Records show an arrested Lubbock State Supported Living Center employee is accused of breaking the jaw of a 36-year-old resident who died days later.

The Mississippi House has passed a bill that would direct the state Department of Health to conduct a sweeping review of the medical care provided to prison inmates ...

When the state of Illinois shut down the century-old, maximum-security prison last year, nearly four of every five inmates ended up being sent to less-secure sites, The Associated Press found.

Each year, about 2,475 prisoners return to Milwaukee County. This raises a critical question: Who do we want these ...

Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois' decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, California Correctional Health Care Services and the Department ...

Lawyers for 25,000 people incarcerated in Arizona have asked a judge to take over health care operations in state-run prisons ...

State Senator Rachel Ventura has introduced a series of criminal justice reform policies, including medication-assisted treatment programs and a canine unit to detect illegal drugs in prison mail.

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A former nurse who worked at Southern Regional Jail alleged she witnessed a correctional officer striking a handcuffed inmate ...

A year ago, an outside accrediting agency found a backlog of nearly 600 medical appointments at Coffee Creek Correctional ...

Investing in risky growth stocks can sometimes lead to significant payoffs. Celsius, Mara, and Super Micro Computer have produced 10x returns in just five years. These companies still face some ...