State lawmakers have criticized the Illinois Department of Corrections for the lack of communication and the potentially ...

Governor Larry Rhoden announced on Monday that Nick Lamb will serve as the new Department of Corrections Secretary.

A deputy director for Iowa's state correctional department will oversee South Dakota's prison system come November.

The South Dakota Department of Corrections has a new leader. On Monday afternoon, Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden announced Nick ...

An Iowa prison official who’s worked in corrections in three states will lead the South Dakota Department of Corrections. Gov ...

A former La Salle man serving a life sentence for murder has died in prison, the Illinois Department of Corrections confirmed Wednesday.

South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden has appointed Nick Lamb as the next Secretary of the Department of Corrections, following a nationwide search. Lamb will officially begin his role in mid-November, ...

Dwayne Tottleben, a 33-year-old inmate from Illinois, was shot and killed at U.S. Penitentiary Coleman in Sumter County ...

Caleb Handy, an Illinois Department of Corrections sergeant and former Winchester police chief  has added his name to the ...

Officials with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections say a death investigation is underway after a convicted Chester ...

Illinois lawmakers are criticizing the state’s Department of Corrections over a recent change to how mail is being processed ...

Stephen Swanson is a web producer at CBS News Minnesota. Stephen was a floor director for a decade before moving to the WCCO-TV newsroom in 2011, where he focuses on general assignment reporting. An ...