Prison reform advocates are ringing the alarm bells about the conditions at a state correctional facility after several recent deaths. It just might not be the one you’re thinking of. Activists and ...

DEER LODGE (Daily Montanan) – A massive expansion at Montana State Prison is well underway outside of Deer Lodge, with one of three housing buildings on its way to completion. State corrections ...

The petition is asking Gov. Hobbs and the Arizona Legislature to fully fund the Independent Correctional Oversight Committee (ICOO) created last session, and it is being signed by people with loved ...

(This story was updated to accurately reflect the most current information.) Pennsylvania State Police are investigating the death of an inmate reported at York County Prison. According to a statement ...

DEER LODGE – A massive expansion at Montana State Prison is well underway outside of Deer Lodge, with one of three housing buildings on its way to completion. State corrections officials were on hand ...

DEER LODGE, Mont. — A major expansion at Montana State Prison has moved forward, as the Department of Corrections looks to add close to a thousand prison beds to Montana by 2029. This $300 million ...

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (WNDU) - The Indiana State Prison is removing all outlets from cells in the D-cellhouse after a male inmate was airlifted to an Indianapolis hospital Tuesday for burns. The Indiana ...

SPARTA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — An inmate died Tuesday at Hancock State Prison, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The inmate has been identified as Jacorey Pearson. The cause of death ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Two New Mexico state prison inmates are suing the New Mexico Corrections Department, arguing that current policies amount to an unconstitutional ban on books and other reading ...

Speaker pro Tempore Josh Lowenthal, D-Long Beach, looks to special guests in the gallery on May 8, 2025. NATHANIEL LEVINE nlevine@sacbee.com A California lawmaker wants more transparency around how ...

Prison and jail overcrowding is a persistent issue in the U.S., the country having one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. The U.S. has an incarceration rate of 580 imprisonments per ...

On the west end of Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, a desolate cemetery houses the remains of 364 offenders, most of whom lived many years or several decades at the state’s oldest operating ...