Georgia lawmakers passed a bill that would reduce sentences for domestic violence survivors if they can tie their crimes to ...

In April, the Atlanta Writers Club and the Georgia Writers Museum will present its Townsend Prize for Fiction at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center. Ahead of the award ceremony, Georgia Writers Museum board ...

Lawmakers in some states are considering bills that would require judges to give people shorter sentences if abuse drove ...

Georgia lawmakers have approved a $250 million budget allocation aimed at improving conditions in the state’s prisons.

Three separate visitors to Washington State Penitentiary during the past week were arrested after arriving at the prison with drugs. A news release from the state Department of Corrections said ...

NEW YORK — (AP) — A judge on Wednesday ordered the federal Bureau of Prisons to transfer two transgender women inmates back to federal women's prisons after they had been sent to men's ...

Every Monday, Demar, Red, Cambo, Anthony and Vik give listeners a glimpse of life inside the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla on their podcast Concrete Mama. The show focuses on the ...

The event is aimed at fast-tracking the hiring process and will take place at the West Tennessee State Penitentiary in Henning. On Friday and Saturday, interested individuals have the opportunity ...

Georgia U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff joined WDUN's "The Martha Zoller Show" Thursday to talk about the Bureau of Prisons and the naming of the Atlanta VA after the late Senator Johnny Isakson. Click play ...

More for education: The House adds $98.4 million to Kemp’s proposed K-12 education budget. Much of the money would go to establish grant programs for student mental health and other support services, ...

Tennessee houses nearly 29% of its inmates in private prisons, ranking it among the top four states nationally. Since 2000, the number of Tennessee prisoners in private facilities has surged by 95 ...