It's common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated mental illness or substance abuse. A new law will help them get Medicaid.

A former captain with the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) has been accused of leaking confidential information about prison operations and gang activity.

A former captain at a South Carolina prison is accused of selling inmates confidential information, creating a security risk, ...

A former high-ranking officer with the South Carolina prison system is being accused of giving highly sensitive information ...

Leon Morell has been charged with disclosure of confidential information, obstruction of justice, money laundering, ...

Gov. Henry McMaster announced his appointment of Jake Gadsden Jr. as the next director of the South Carolina Department of ...

A former captain at a South Carolina prison recently pled guilty to a charge related to her role in a massive bribery scheme.

Inside North Carolina prisons, 13 inmates killed themselves last year. Three more died in January. State officials say they ...

Laquinces D. Davis, 47, an inmate at Evans Correctional Institution, was found unresponsive in his cell and pronounced dead ...

A former captain at Broad River Correctional Institution was convicted after pleading guilty to a prison bribery scheme.

Jerell Reaves, a co-defendant and prisoner responsible for more than $42,000 in bribes to Livingston, was recently sentenced ...