As you motor southwest from Chicago, when you are almost within sight of Joliet, a big sign appears on the right of the highway: STATEVILLE. Behind it rises a broad, bare hill across whose ...

Georgia Correctional Industries takes an unusual approach to "on-the-job training" for prisoners working at its chemical and ...

ALBANY, NY — New York state prisons will release some inmates early because the system does not have enough corrections officers, weeks after the state fired more than 2,000 guards who went on ...

The Hall County Sheriff's Office on Thursday arrested an inmate who went missing from a Lincoln prison in January. Jordana Kelley-Nelson was arrested and booked into the Hall County Department of ...

Leaked messages show prison staff at a Welsh prison laughing at violent encounters with inmates and making fun of self-harm incidents. In them, one staff member at privately run HMP Parc in ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Department of Corrections (DOCCS) announced it is creating a list of inmates for early release due to the ongoing prison staffing crisis. This decision follows a recent ...

Abhorrent” and even “dangerous” conditions. That’s what a lawsuit alleges at Western New Mexico Correctional Facility.

Growing Inmate Populations Prompt States to Look for More Prison Funding LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A plan to build a 3,000-inmate prison in Arkansas hit a roadblock in the state Senate on Tuesday ...

Armed gangs continued to sow chaos in Haiti’s capital on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. More than 60,000 Haitians have been displaced in the past month. Johnny Fils-ils-Aimé For the Miami Herald ...