Juan Carlos Barreto, a Venezuelan college professor who lives in Shakopee, says Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents ...

Minnesota woman sentenced to 25 years after jury rejects claim of accidental shooting A fatal shooting inside a Shakopee home ...

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In the years since disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead from what was ruled a suicide in his prison cell on August 10, 2019, conspiracy theories have abounded about whether the convicted ...

MARCY, N.Y. — A former prison guard sentenced in the beating death of inmate and Greece native Robert Brooks has been transferred out of New York. News10NBC’s affiliate in Utica reports that the State ...

LANSING, MI – The Michigan Department of Corrections is taking measures to improve safety and security inside the state’s prisons and address the departments shortage of correctional officers. The ...

Conor Wight joined WCCO after cultivating his skills as an award-winning investigative reporter in Syracuse, NY. As a newcomer to Minnesota, he's excited to explore this beautiful state and all that ...

Master Sergeant Tyler Grezaffi, 27, died after being involved in an accident at the Louisiana State Penitentiary on March 18 Pointe Coupee Sheriff's Office A corrections officer in Louisiana has died ...

Historically, prison systems in the U.S. are defined by their lack of transparency. This is often defended in the name of security. However, 1 in 2 U.S. adults have experienced incarceration in their ...

A drone flew over the grounds of an upstate New York prison over the weekend in an attempt to smuggle contraband and released a package that contained knives and a "green leafy substance," among other ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Gov. Mike Braun wants to know what’s causing fires at the state’s oldest prison and he is now asking the head of the Indiana Department of Correction to investigate. “I will ...