In the heart of Africa's correctional system, the World Prison Brief estimates a prison population of 3.8 million people, nearly one-third of the global prison population of 11.5 million. Ghana's ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is now facing two wrongful death lawsuits after women were murdered during conjugal visits last year with their husbands, who were ...

Scott Childers has been federally indicted on charges of making false statements and violating the civil rights of individuals in custody ...

The Union government on Thursday notified the appointment of Justice Surya Kant as the next Chief Justice of India (CJI), marking the first time a jurist from Haryana will occupy the country’s highest ...

BEAUFORT, N.C. (WITN) - Beginning November 1st, in-person visits through the glass with inmates will no longer be available in Carteret County. The sheriff’s office is transitioning entirely to ...

Michael B. Mushlin, Chair of the Subcommittee on Judicial Visits to Prisons and Jails, responds to a recent op-ed by Lauren ...

Officials with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections have announced a new plan to improve visitation at Oklahoma’s prisons.

CARTERET COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - A county jail in the East will no longer allow in-person visitors with inmates. Effective November 1st, the Carteret County jail will transition to video-only visits.

Oklahoma DOC will launch a centralized Visitation Unit and online system Dec. 1 to streamline applications and improve scheduling for families.