"Today, 410 inmates are in county jails and population forecasts show prison populations will continue to trend upward," ...

HELENA, Mont.-A partnership between the Department of Corrections and the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation has been helping contain wildfires in the Treasure State since 2002.

Dean Butterfield died in the Vernon County Jail early on Oct. 13, or else late the night before, and his fellow inmates tell me that he begged ... Donald Jones of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, ...

Katie Weston has been hired as warden at the Montana Department of Corrections’ Montana Women’s Prison in Billings.

A captain for the Department of Corrections’ Billings Probation and Parole has been hired as warden at the Montana Women’s ...

The United States is an outlier among developed nations when it comes to the ultimate punishment. One state has executed by ...

Prosecutors say a man jailed on drug charges in Butte orchestrated arrangements that led to fentanyl overdoses, one fatal.

A documentary has captured the emotional journey of inmates who were part of a unique music program at the Adelaide Women's Prison. Former prisoner Dylan Clancy says she'd probably be dead if it ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Two state prison inmates charged with attempted murder were back in court Monday. They are accused of attacking a correctional officer at the penitentiary in Sioux ...

A Philadelphia man incarcerated at Rockview state prison died Monday, the prison’s top official said in a press release. Reginald Hawkins, 69, was found unresponsive in his cell Monday morning ...

In a sweeping effort to reduce overcrowding in Nigeria’s prison system, 12 state governors have granted clemency to more than 1,780 inmates nationwide since January 2024. This coordinated ...

The Draper Correctional Facility, a medium-security prison in Elmore, Ala. Work-release inmates often fear being sent back to the state’s medium- and high-security prisons.Credit...Audra Melton ...