That is not a series of bad individual choices. It is a system producing a revolving door.

Corrections officers spend a disproportionate amount of time on administrative tasks rather than helping prisoners in ways that improve outcomes. AI is one tool to help, but it must be implemented ...

In prison, the summer heat cooks us inside our cells, causing tempers to flare. If that’s not aggravating enough, every morning, when I’m lying down in my bunk here at Eastern Correctional Facility, a ...

COLUMBUS — The wife of a prison guard who was killed on Christmas Day 2024 at Ross Correctional Institution in Chillicothe has filed a lawsuit in the Ohio Court of Claims seeking punitive damages ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Some of the gangs South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley listed as tied to violence at the men’s prison in Sioux Falls have the largest gang presence in prisons around ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - Nebraska has the country’s most or second most overcrowded prison system, depending on who you ask. Inspector General of the Nebraska Correctional System Doug ...

Colorado’s prison system is on track to exceed capacity within the next year, driven by a sharp slowdown in parole releases, staffing shortages and an aging inmate population — all as lawmakers ...

The Louisiana Legislative Auditor recommended the state prison system increase how often it reviews release date calculations. Corrections officials said such changes would not be feasible, and that ...