Some of the mail facilities in Georgia have some serious work to do. The U.S. Postal Service recently released the audit reports on five facilities in the middle Georgia area. Here are which ones were ...

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(The Center Square) – As Illinois prison workers testify about the benefits of electronic mail scanning, Illinois Department of Corrections officials say they are pushing to keep the practice from ...

MADISON (WKOW) — Dane County Jail is urging deputies to be extra cautious with incoming mail due to a warning from Cook County Jail. The warning highlights a trend where contraband is sent by spraying ...

A man writes letters to pen pals in prison, shown in Fort Worth, Texas, on April 12, 2011. Texas is the latest state to move toward digital mail for its prisoners. Five years since her release, Maggie ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — The Illinois Department of Corrections has scanned mail for prisoners since Sept. 29, but the agency continues to have issues with the technology and transparency for ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — The Illinois Department of Corrections has been allowed to continue using its controversial mail scanning policy despite public backlash. This comes after the top committee ...

The Illinois Department of Corrections has enacted an emergency rule change to prevent contraband from entering its prisons through letters and books sent to people in prison. Under the rule that went ...

Efforts to digitize mail into Illinois prisons mirror those in prison systems across the country. Credit: Rhodi Lopez / Unsplash Illinois lawmakers and prison guards are ramping up efforts to ban ...

Jonas Caballero spent 10 months in New York City jails and, like so many who have passed through the city’s detention system, he was traumatized by the experience. Jonas was sexually assaulted ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Families of Illinois prison inmates and legal advocates spoke out this week against a new program at the Illinois Department of Corrections that restricts incarcerated people’s ...