Staff at the Flathead Valley Reentry Center are wrapping up training as the facility prepares to accept its first residential inmates on Oct. 27. Elected officials and members of the press toured the ...

An Oregon penitentiary is showcasing its inmates' debating skills. They make arguments, speak to others' perspectives and resolve disputes amicably.

A former New York state prison guard was found guilty of murder Monday in the death of an inmate beaten while handcuffed, ...

The article discusses sexual assault, and contains graphic descriptions that may be offensive to some readers. “Guarded by ...

The article discusses sexual assault. In a small courthouse in southeast Idaho, a woman incarcerated at the nearby prison had ...

In Idaho prisons, more than two dozen women say guards prey on them with little fear of consequences — and those who speak up ...

A Mississippi man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 20-year-old community college student is set to be executed ...

Lane County Commissioners chose to pull $10 million from reserves over the next two years to partially plug what county ...

This story shares details of child sex abuse that may be disturbing for readers. PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Six new men have ...

The Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem. (Photo by Ron Cooper/Oregon Capital ... released from jail or prison and move back ...

Oregon Health Authority this week notified state prisons and other officials that it no longer intends to implement a novel Medicaid initiative that would have provided targeted health services to ...

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