The Latest Breaking News from The Department of Corrections

A U.S. appeals court has ruled that a man who spent 26 years in solitary confinement in Pennsylvania can sue prison officials for alleged cruel and unusual punishment

Georgia's Department of Corrections is no longer required to issue reports on how its inmates are dying

Convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is seriously ill and must remain in Police General Hospital as a return to jail could endanger his life, according to the Department of Corrections.

Oscar Pistorius is due to be released from prison on parole to live under strict conditions at a family home after serving nearly nine years of his murder sentence for the shooting death of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day 2013

From State v. Price, decided Sept. 6 by the South Carolina Supreme Court but posted on Westlaw in just the last two weeks: Price was convicted of murder in 2003 and sentenced to thirty-five years in prison…. The parties inform us Price began serving his sentence on December 23, 2003,…

The Department of Corrections (DOC) has denied that its new regulation, which allows for the detention of inmates outside prison, will benefit convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

Alabama plans to execute a prisoner using nitrogen gas. NPR obtained a Department of Corrections document showing the method may pose risks to others in the room and impede religious liberties.

Minnesota is believed to be the first state that allows some mothers to live outside of prison with their new babies.

Jailed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will continue receiving treatment at Police General Hospital under an extension approved by the Department of Corrections after a 60-day out-of-prison period expired on Saturday.