WASHINGTON -- Widespread sexual abuse of female inmates continues to plague federal prisons and accountability measures for staff have not contained the scourge of such violence, according to a Senate ...

The federal Bureau of Prisons is closing a California lockup that was once home to Al Capone and Charles Manson over concerns ...

A federal judge has sided with two female inmates who sued a Texas prison that put them in danger by forcing them to be ...

BRYAN, Texas -- Ghislaine Maxwell's arrival to the federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, this month has sent a shot of tension across its minimum-security all-female units, even while her lawyer says ...

The Justice Department has so far transferred 10 of 37 former death row inmates to the nation's "supermax" prison, and it says more are on the way.

A 33-year-old federal inmate’s death by gunfire has exposed troubling questions about safety protocols and transparency within America’s prison system, leaving his devastated family searching for ...

America’s federal prisons are decaying and overcrowded, contributing to violence among inmates and undermining opportunities for rehabilitation. But thanks to an infusion of federal cash authorized by ...

The decision to close the facility, at least temporarily, “is not easy, but is absolutely necessary,” Director William K.