Some states are allowing private companies to decide which people in prison are allowed to contact their family members.

A Whitman County jury has found a former Washington State University student guilty of raping a woman at his Pullman ...

A former police chief in Arkansas who is serving decades-long sentences for murder and rape escaped from prison Sunday ...

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A former corrections officer received a 20-month sentence for custodial sexual misconduct with a 19-year-old inmate. He lost ...

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans has agreed to pay nearly $180 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse under a ...

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Spectrum News 1 has reached out to the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision for comment. EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been corrected to reflect that the monitoring visit happened ...

Prosecutors have brought charges against four inmates at Wasco State Prison who were identified as suspects in the death of another inmate last year. Michael ...