Six men made history on Friday, February 21, as they became the first graduates from Catahoula Correctional Center's GED ...

Advocates for inmates who have refused food are in disagreement with prison officials over when the protest started.

DOC Commissioner Quiros told lawmakers in February that in the 35 years he has worked at DOC, the department had never ...

Corrections officers working in state prisons are no longer striking, but that doesn’t mean the problems in the state prison system are over. The state is still dealing with a staffing crisis in its ...

A judge granted a preliminary injunction against state prisons employing solitary confinement despite banning it last Wednesday, July 2.

Mark Holdren, 41, of Beckley, was sentenced to 20 years in prison and Jonathan Walters, 33, of Rainelle, was sentenced to 21 years. Each pleaded guilty to conspiring with other officers to violate the ...

The striking individuals say recent lockdowns have been excessive. DOC and union leaders cite staffing shortage.

When over 200 city workers were laid off in September 1938, city workers called a week-long sanitation strike. Street battles raged in West Philadelphia when strikers blocked police-escorted trash ...

Alert: Philadelphia workers and city reach a deal to end strike that halted residential trash pickup PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia workers and city reach a deal to end strike that halted ...

Auditor George Danos said his office could get by with reduced staff for a short time, but Champaign County Clerk Aaron ...

During the strikes, the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association (NYSCOPBA) asked Governor ...