WASHINGTON (AP) — The outsider brought in to reform the ailing federal Bureau of Prisons pledged Monday to hold accountable any employees who sexually assault inmates, reform archaic hiring practices ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Advocates for prison reform were in Albany on Tuesday, calling on Governor Kathy Hochul to sign the Omnibus Prison Reform Act into law. The bill would require correctional facilities to ...

A measure that would require jails across Minnesota to provide incarcerated people their medications prescribed before they ...

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Advocates are working with lawmakers to create change following the deaths of three inmates within a month at the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The almost two-week-long manhunt for the Arkansas escaped inmate, Grant Hardin, may now be over, but state lawmakers say the most important questions still remain unanswered.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The crisis at the Fulton County Jail reached a devastating new milestone this week as high-profile civil rights attorney Ben Crump ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Local criminal justice reform advocates are calling on elected officials to ensure the safety of people at the Broome County jail ...

Dozens of elderly inmates die of natural causes behind bars each year costing the state millions in medical bills for prisoners who advocates say are too infirm to pose any threat to the public. Forty ...

THE Guyana Prison Service (GPS) and St. Lucia's Correctional Services have begun discussions aimed at strengthening regional ...