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They alleged officials used pepper spray excessively and kept juveniles in solitary confinement for weeks or months at a time

Corrections Secretary John Wetzel said closing two prisons is better than the alternative option of a 10 percent across-the-board department cut

Last week, Jumoke Johnson escaped from a federal halfway house and cut off his GPS monitor

The escape has yet to be investigated by any outside agency, and an internal investigation has left several key questions still unanswered

Documents show the Calif. agency received permission from county supervisors to shred potentially incriminating records

Here are five things to know about Manning, the former soldier, whose sentence sparked controversy and calls for her release

The teens were exploring the Joliet Correctional Center that’s been closed since 2002 when one of them locked herself inside a cell

Attorneys contended Christopher Wilkins had poor legal help at trial and the courts improperly refused to authorize money for a more thorough investigation

Officials say a series of fights involving illegal weapons broke out between inmates

Attorneys asked the judge for a delay to enable Ricky Gray to challenge the state’s plan to use lethal injection drugs from a secret compounding pharmacy