OKLAHOMA — A bill requiring the Oklahoma Department of Corrections to designate restrooms, changing areas and sleeping quarters exclusively for either female or male inmates was signed into law.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of inmate rights organizations gathered Thursday in Bayport to demand input into the Minnesota Department of Corrections’ ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — A Tampa Bay lawmaker is fighting for legislation that would protect the rights of prisoners in the state’s corrections system. And while sympathy can sometimes be hard to ...

Correctional officers at an Alaska prison ordered inmates to strip naked in front of them and walk on dog leashes, among ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Workers and inmates at Coastal State Prison are reporting what they call a human rights crisis, echoing findings from a federal investigation into Georgia’s prison system. A ...

Members of inmate rights organizations gathered Thursday in Bayport to demand input into the Minnesota Department of Corrections’ plan to shutter the Stillwater prison by 2029. Among their demands: No ...