The initiative identifies five key areas that impact prison safety: prisoner classification and bed space; contraband ...

Four House Democrats demanded the top Federal Bureau of Prisons official explain how he plans to address the agency’s “persistent, unsafe conditions” and “pervasive shortage of critical staff,” driven ...

While the legislation passed both the Michigan House and Senate, it was never formally sent to the governor, leaving it stalled in legal limbo.

Gov. Josh Stein addresses officials at the Southern Region of the Correctional Leaders Association on Tuesday. Briah Lumpkins blumpkins@charlotteobserver.com At the January meeting for the Southern ...

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — Officers at the Franklin County Jail are continuing to call on local leaders to address staffing shortages after a recent surge of altercations between inmates and staff. “Full ...

A few miles due south of Taylorsville, a western North Carolina town of about 2,000, Alexander Correctional Institution houses about 1,000 inmates in the state's highest-security environment. Since ...

It's been nearly a month since Gov. Gretchen Whitmer praised first responders during her State of the State address, but at ...