A new initiative at the Idaho State Correctional Institution is offering young incarcerated adults a chance for a fresh start ...

The senators pointed out how cellphones played an instrumental role in the violent prison escape of Skylar Mead back in 2024.

Housed in solitary confinement in the state’s maximum security prison, Skylar Meade texted his co-conspirator Nicholas Umphenour about their plans to free the then-31-year-old from custody. The men ...

IDOC partnered with the Vera Institute of Justice to implement the nonprofit's Restoring Promise program, which helps correction departments around the country create housing units "grounded in ...

You should be able to trust people that if you’re injured you’re going receive care, and when you can’t do that — it ...

A second death row inmate in South Carolina has chosen execution by firing squad. It comes just weeks after the first ...

A former Idaho prisoner who once worked in construction has sued Idaho’s prison system and its for-profit private medical provider after his fractured hand was left untreated, alleging that the ...

A South Carolina inmate is set to die by firing squad Friday, a rare execution method in the United States that experts say more places may turn to.

Idaho will have a new state prisons director for the first time since 2018 after its current chief leaves for the private ...

ERIC PAUL ZAMORA/THE FRESNO BEE Fresno Bee Staff Photo An inmate accused of dealing the fentanyl that killed two men inside ...