Prisoners and nonprofit advocates await a decision from a federal judge after asking him to declare state prison conditions unconstitutional. A federal trial over oven-like heat in Texas prisons ...

General population inmates walk in a line at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case challenging ...

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. Over the objections of the court’s three Democratic appointees, the Supreme Court on Monday morning declined to hear a case ...

CHEHALIS, Wash. (AP) — A judge removed his robe and gave chase after two handcuffed prisoners made a run for it from his Washington state courtroom. "We were sitting there on the benches together, ...

As Centene Corp. grew its stake in the prison health care business through the last decade, executives of the $40 billion health care giant told shareholders the company could bring efficiencies that ...