Alabama lawmakers are seeking to borrow additional money for prison construction to ensure the state can build a second 4,000-bed prison.

At the end of 2012, he was sent to a prerelease program in Boston, where he had to find a job with no cellphone and no ...

Wrist monitors like the BI VeriWatch dominated at a recent industry conference. But some 20 miles away, incarcerated men had ...

Staff have reported a "rodent infestation", broken CCTV cameras, faulty lighting and an "ongoing legionella issue" across the ...

The closure of these facilities could have significant negative impacts on not only the employees and their families, but our ...

Rowan Wilson, the chief judge of New York State’s highest court, used his State of the Judiciary address to push back against ...

Contraband in prison and the costs of enforcing the rules is costing the Bureau of Prisons millions. A better solution may be ...

When our probation officers can perform at their best, they serve as counselors and mentors to actually prevent future crime ...

In the early weeks of the war, prison authorities told top guards there would be no restrictions against violence.

New York’s prisons are teeming with aging inmates at increasing costs to the taxpayer, and people are no safer from crime, ...

Protesters held signs that read, “Build Homes, Not Prisons,” voicing their concerns over the potential expansion of the state ...

The Prison Policy Initiative's report reveals how disciplinary systems in prisons around the US make those facilities less safe for everyone.