Hawaii has struggled for many years to confront the reality of a deteriorating corrections system that barely manages the prison population it has. It’s a vexing situation, mandates coming from all ...

The Assembly may have passed its own watered-down version of prison reform Monday, but it leaves the state way short of actually fixing any of the problems swirling around the system. Nobody’s really ...

KINGMAN, Ariz. — Arizona is essentially firing the private company that operates a Northwest Arizona state prison that has struggled with high-profile problems such as an inmate escape that led to a ...

For the second time in three weeks, Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, Ind., has sent an inmate to a hospital burn unit ...

When Hollywood’s stars walk the red carpet for the 98 th Academy Awards tonight, one nominee will not be a love story or epic drama but the tragedy repeated daily inside Alabama’s overcrowded prisons.

A 5,000-bed private-prison complex approved in July by the Pima County Board of Supervisors doesn’t yet have the final approval it needs from the Arizona Department of Corrections to house Arizona ...

Iowa lawmakers are investigating construction problems at the Fort Madison prison project and are scrutinizing rules regarding project delivery on state projects, according to a Des Moines Register ...

Responding to staffing shortages that imperiled guards and staff, Wisconsin lawmakers in 2023 significantly increased pay for corrections officers — hoping to retain and attract more workers to the ...

A fresh prison inspection has revealed an ongoing challenge, with drones bringing "large quantities of drugs into the jail" ...

The state agency has denied Zachary Swain's allegations that prison officials deprived him of proper mental health treatment ...

The Council of Europe’s committee for the prevention of torture warned of “serious problems” at Cyprus’ central prison in Nicosia and said it had “grave concerns” over “the high levels of ...