An incarceration summer study committee will convene for its first of three meetings on June 23, to examine SD's prison ...

"What was supposed to be one of the most sacred and happiest moments of my life was completely taken from me," an inmate who gave birth in prison told Newsweek.

Starting in the late 1990s and 2000s, Wisconsin’s “truth-in-sentencing” law, which requires people convicted of crimes to serve their full prison sentences with longer paroles, resulted in both a ...

Nearly one-third of California prisoners released early during the pandemic by Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration ended up back in prison, according to California Department of Corrections and ...

New York's prison system faces potential reform after a fatal incident and historic strike, sparking debates on progressive versus punitive approaches.

He said the safety of staff, community and the prison population remains the department’s number one mission. The increase in California prisons’ homicide rate last year, Macomber said, was ...

Well, he's all grown up now, and unlike most of the other returning characters, he's actually on Joe's side. "Joe saved us," says Paco, as if that makes up for the gazillion murders Goldberg's ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters.. Gov. Gavin Newsom today called for the closure of another prison in his new budget proposal, which would be the ...

This number continues to rise, increasing at a rate that surpasses the male prison population. That being said, women constitute only around 2 - 9% of the total prison population in various countries.

Lackawanna County commissioners are poised to award a roughly $200,000 contract for the long-sought restoration of a GED program at the county prison, where a nonprofit provider would offer prep co… ...

A “boozed up” Yonkers man who attacked a Jewish barber with his own scissors in a shocking antisemitic attack last year is facing six years in prison after making a plea deal with a ...

The by-name list of service interactions that makes up the source for this data has been years in the making, and was a major point of criticism from former county commissioner Sharon Meieran, who ...