A federal judge temporarily halted the transfer of a transgender inmate to a men’s prison under President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting gender-related accommodations in federal facilities, ...

This undated photo provided by the Illinois Department of Correction shows Deon "Strawberry" Hampton. The transgender woman serving a 10-year sentence in Illinois for burglary has been moved from a ...

Hoosier counties cannot continue to serve as the state prison system’s waiting room, while the state pays less than half of what it takes to house a convict.

The transfer of more than two dozen condemned inmates from San Quentin’s death row to the California Institution for Men in Chino under a new state program has prompted outcry from city officials, who ...

A Muslim inmate and self-described "jailhouse lawyer" initiated a transfer to federal prison, the Arkansas Department of Corrections said, and wasn't moved for retaliatory reasons. In a request to ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s top prosecutor asked the federal Bureau of Prisons to transfer an inmate to state custody so that he could be executed for his role in the kidnapping and killing of a ...