In April, three inmates at three prisons in northern New York were murdered, allegedly by other inmates. Meanwhile, multiple ...
Yes. Incarcerating someone in Wisconsin correctional institutions costs far more than tuition at a state technical college.
ALBANY – A year after correction officers walked off the job at Collins Correctional Facility, igniting an unsanctioned statewide strike that led Gov. Kathy Hochul to fire some 2,000 officers, the ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper Tory Lanez has sued the California prison system, saying he never should have been housed with a fellow inmate who stabbed him 16 times last year. Lanez, 33, whose legal name ...
Why is it so hard to get things right in state government? Those who find the phrase “government efficiency” to be an oxymoron received confirmation for that view during a recent legislative hearing ...
Former MLB pitcher Dan Serafini believes he’s the victim of a broken system. Serafini was sentenced in February to life in prison without the possibility of parole after being convicted of ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prison reform advocates and families of inmates are petitioning Gov. Katie Hobbs to provide $1.5 million in funding for an ...
The petition is asking Gov. Hobbs and the Arizona Legislature to fully fund the Independent Correctional Oversight Committee (ICOO) created last session, and it is being signed by people with loved ...
Prison reform advocates and families of inmates are petitioning Gov. Katie Hobbs to provide $1.5 million in funding for an independent oversight committee. An advocate who has seen loved ones go ...
Weinstein, 74, has spent most of the last six years at Rikers. He has said that he spends 23 hours a day in his cell, and only socializes with prison guards and nurses. He has continuously asked to be ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. To the editor: Hardly a week goes by without another article about various forms of abuse happening in our prisons ...