Concerns about employees and economic impact have been widespread since the state Department of Corrections announced it plans to close Rockview, but prison advocates say there are other factors to ...
When the Illinois Department of Corrections shut down the century-old Stateville Correctional Center in September, officials transferred 278 inmates convicted of murder and dozens more serving time fo ...
Wrist monitors like the BI VeriWatch dominated at a recent industry conference. But some 20 miles away, incarcerated men had ...
When our probation officers can perform at their best, they serve as counselors and mentors to actually prevent future crime ...
None of the prison officers appeared to know their body cameras would passively record a vicious beating that led to the death of Robert Brooks.
The Prison Policy Initiative's report reveals how disciplinary systems in prisons around the US make those facilities less safe for everyone.
At the end of 2012, he was sent to a prerelease program in Boston, where he had to find a job with no cellphone and no ...
Rockview state prison is slated for closure under a plan unveiled Monday by Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration, a proposal ...
According to an inmate who was recently released from the prison, five to six prisoners are crammed into spaces meant for two ...