Recorded crime in the Netherlands has shrunk by about a quarter over the past nine years, and that is expected to translate into a surplus of 3,000 prison cells by 2021.

With the Texas prison system dangerously understaffed, nearly 150 guards are now working in an empty prison that Gov. Greg Abbott plans to convert into a state-run jail for immigrants who cross ...

Illinois State Rep. Mike Boland says the vacant Thomson prison should be used to house prisoners from other states displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

With the Texas prison system dangerously understaffed, nearly 150 guards are now working in an empty prison that Gov. Greg Abbott plans to convert into a state-run jail for immigrants who cross ...

What to Do With an Empty Prison. By Andrea Dukakis. December 18, 2012. Listen Now. Share: Given the recent mass shootings, it may feel like crime rate is on the rise.

An empty prison southwest of Colorado Springs is emblematic of a dramatic shift in how the state treats inmates. The prison -- known as CSP II-- was finished in 2010 and was designed exclusively ...

According to the Justice Ministry's WODC Research and Documentation Centre, the number of prison sentences imposed fell from 42,000 in 2008 to 31,000 in 2018, with a two-thirds drop in jail terms ...

Amsterdam’s Bijlmerbajes prison no longer houses inmates, but asylum seekers awaiting their new lives. 1 of 16. Syrian girls, ... These Empty Prison Cells Are Now Home to Refugees.