Department of Corrections

Inmates at a D.C. jail learned valuable skills in a pilot program funded by Amazon.

D.C. police are searching for an inmate who escaped from the Department of Corrections (DOC) custody on Tuesday. 

D.C. police are looking for an inmate who escaped from the Department of Corrections (DOC) custody while at the Howard University Hospital on Tuesday.

The Virginia Department of Corrections has recorded audio of at least 30 executions over the last three decades, but it has no plans to release the tapes publicly. The department rejected an Associated Press request under the state’s public records law to release the recordings after NPR obtained and reported on four of them. They offer a rare glimpse into...

The former chairman of the labor union representing officers with the D.C. Department of Corrections was arrested and charged with embezzling tens of thousands of dollars from the union, and authorities say he used some of the money for a trip to New York City.

The ex-chair of the union representing corrections officers stole thousands from the union for travel to New York, charging documents say. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.

One D.C. Jail inmate is dead and another is in the hospital after they both overdosed on drugs that were possibly laced with the deadly opioid fentanyl, officials say. The two inmates were in the same cell at the D.C. Jail when they overdosed on Sunday, D.C. Council Member Charles Allen said. Sean Lee, 37, died, a spokesperson for...