In a handwritten letter, Robin Alford begged for help. Her son, Clinton Willard Bridges, died last year at one of Alabama’s maximum-security prisons. “When my son died so sudden, a part of me died ...

Prison guards in New York say the state's correctional system is in crisis. Staffing levels are low. Rates of violence and drug exposures are rising. Both guards and inmates are pleading with the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I served as a U.S. Marine before spending my career running some of America's most complex prisons. Those years taught me about ...

Prisons across the U.S. are experiencing critical staffing shortages and a new study says that the prison complex may never recover ... so changes are coming. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

A veteran correctional lieutenant is taking legal action against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, alleging abuse from fellow officers. Eric Beam has been a part of the CDCR ...

A gynecologist at Oregon’s women’s prison was assigned to work in the mailroom after clashing with the chief corrections medical officer, Dr. Warren Roberts — an unprecedented sanction that an outside ...

I served as a U.S. Marine before spending my career running some of America’s most complex prisons. Those years taught me about leadership, structure and the human cost when systems bend and break.