Federal and state authorities are operating within the bounds of the U.S. Constitution when they deny federal prisoners access to taxpayer-funded sex change procedures for transgender inmates, Indiana ...

An inmate at Beaumont's federal prison was found unresponsive Monday and later died at a local hospital, prompting an ...

WASHINGTON -- Widespread sexual abuse of female inmates continues to plague federal prisons and accountability measures for staff have not contained the scourge of such violence, according to a Senate ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Federal prosecutors announced Wednesday they will seek the death penalty for an inmate accused of strangling his cellmate at the Federal Transfer Center in Oklahoma City. U.S. Attorney ...

A former nursing home mogul from Rockland County started an Arkansas prison sentence after a presidential pardon in another ...

A 47-year-old ex-prison guard from Kapolei pleaded guilty Monday to raping female inmates while he worked at the Federal Detention Center Honolulu, according to a plea agreement with the U.S.

Two U.S. lawmakers have asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to hold an “urgent” hearing about the Trump administration’s decision to hold detained migrants — many of whom are seeking asylum — in ...

Mark Anthony Williamswas accidentally released from jail. He was a federal prisoner, but he was being held in the Robeson County jail. The county's security was no match for Williams' plan. Some say ...

A federal judge has denied a legal attempt, for now, to prevent the U.S. government from transferring former death row ...

Closing on that new job after prison can be difficult if state regulations disqualify a candidate for have a felony. The Bureau of Prisons has a tool that could put those who might hire a formerly ...

Here's some truth for you: many federal prisoners would receive substantially shorter sentences for the exact same crime if they were sentenced today under the current law. Many would have already ...

Last week, USA Today ran a hit piece on federal prisoners with the tabloid headline, “Government shutdown: Federal inmates feast on Cornish hens, steak as prison guards labor without pay.” Not to be ...