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.

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 ...

President Bola Tinubu has approved the recruitment of 50 doctors and 100 nurses to serve in correctional centres nationwide to improve healthcare for inmates across.This strategic decision comes as ...

The bill passed the Senate Judiciary Committee with a vote of 6 to 2 with one person electing not to vote on it.

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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