The castle-like Eastern State Penitentiary is one of Philadelphia's most important historic sites. Having opened in 1829, this Quaker-inspired prison sought to reform prisoners using isolation and ...

On Monday, the corrections department said two Lincoln-based construction firms and one Papillion company submitted bids to build the facility to replace the Nebraska State Penitentiary.

State officials confirmed that Brandie French will step down as director of Eastern State Hospital near Williamsburg on June 1 and Christine Schein on Wednesday served her last day as deputy ...

(AP) - A model of a 200-foot cliff in the courtroom ... to four consecutive life sentences to be served in the Wyoming State Penitentiary. Yoder also accused prosecutors of misconduct by calling ...

The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services says all three bids to build a new state prison would stay within its budget ...

In 1977, James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., escaped from Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary ... Sobieski is 42. Model Kate Upton is 33.