North Dakota lawmakers took an unusual step on Tuesday, holding a hearing inside the state penitentiary. Their goal was to ...

An alleged attack on a state prison officer by a 43-year-old inmate transferred from Los Angeles County is being investigated as attempted homicide, California Department of Corrections and ...

Jack Doyle, the state’s attorney for the New Haven district, said he was concerned about having to repeatedly reach out to ...

Both an uptick in juvenile crime and the JR to 25 law have led to a growing population in juvenile rehabilitation, ...

The bill would allow judges to reduce sentences under mandatory minimums and would streamline the process of requesting a ...

Marcus Mitchell has advocated for access to a high school education for individuals on death row for nearly two decades. Now, ...

Above all, staff needs support. And there are techniques for keeping violence in check. Everybody — officers, inmates and ...

The state Department of Children, Youth and Families hoped to open the new center in a retrofitted adult prison unit in March ...

As South Dakota prepares for the next steps in addressing its prison issue, it’s clear that the ultimate answer must include much more than building a new facility.

Bail Fund will address the “injustice of being detained simply because of poverty”.New pilot project will help detainees who cannot afford bail. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp- About 2,600 ...

Learn how today's reopening of Madera Community Hospital is expected to ease the strain on access to care in the central San ...

Opinion: Cutting half the staff of the Department of Education isn't about efficiency or culling waste. It's about destruction. The President openly expresses interest in deleting the department ...