The manhunt continues in Izard County for escapee Grant Hardin, a convicted rapist and murderer who walked out of the North ...

Arkansas authorities are looking at whether a prison kitchen job played a role in the escape of a convicted former police ...

The ACLU is claiming that a federal prison in Leavenworth, Kansas, is breaking the law and violating the rights of ICE ...

Tactical teams in an Illinois prison still use abusive practices a decade after “Orange Crush” controversy  Content warning: This story contains graphic descriptions of violence and abuse inside ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Arkansas prison escapee Grant Hardin.

House Bill 29 would mandate state prisons and local jails provide menstrual products, after testimonies revealed supplies can ...

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Hardin was working in the Northwest Arkansas Corrections Center in Fayetteville from November 2017 until his arrest in ...

A $3 billion repair backlog. And now, a stunning directive from President Donald Trump for the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons to “REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!” — the notorious ...

A lot of people when they go to Haiti, they prey on kids. We don’t have a government but I am hoping the Haitian government will step up and start cracking down on those groups.” ...

Some of the employees were transported to a local hospital by emergency medical services. The union president said all were ...

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