Medicaid is now paying for health care in jails and prisons, helping smooth inmates’ return to the community. Corrections and law enforcement officials say they’re all for it.

A man who opened fire in a classroom at Virginia’s Old Dominion University had been granted an early release from federal ...

The man who opened fire in a classroom at Virginia’s Old Dominion University completed a drug treatment program that allowed ...

James Johnson, a correction officer at the Metropolitan Detention Center, first abused a male inmate inside a chaplain’s office, prosecutors said.

A guard at the notorious Metropolitan Detention Center jail was charged Wednesday with abusing his authority by sexually abusing a detainee — after the feds recovered his DNA on the inmate’s jumpsuit.

Indiana’s second payment from the federal government for housing hundreds of immigrant detainees at a state prison more than ...

Danny Franzen's mother says that over the last several months, she has watched her son's health deteriorate because of the tumor.

As reported by The New York Times, the new policy lets Medicaid start paying for certain services up to 90 days before someone leaves jail or prison and continue afterward. The Times notes that Santa ...