The outcome of the appeal, brought by GEO Group, could set important legal precedent on wages for detainees who work in ...

When the state of Illinois shut down the century-old, maximum-security prison last year, nearly four of every five inmates ended up being sent to less-secure sites, The Associated Press found.

Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois' decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were ...

How did the proposed prison make it to 2025 and what are the common questions that continue to be addressed in various ...

The Minnesota Legislature is expected to consider two bills to fund the continued rehabilitation of Stoppel Farmstead and possible History Center of Olmsted County upgrades. Sean Kettelkamp, a ...

Her mother and sister emailed prison officials, pleading for them to reconsider. “Sending her to an all-male prison will be the end of her. No one deserves this. There needs to be another way ...

King criticized the state's current prison expansion proposal, which he believes is financially irresponsible. He noted that the plan, which involves building a new facility in Franklin County ...

Lukasz Ciszek lives on the 12th floor of the Christabel apartment block Angry residents of a top-floor 12-storey tower block where the lift has been out of action for a month have described ...

Angry residents of a top-floor 12-storey tower block where the lift has been out of action for a month have described feeling "imprisoned" in their own flats. People at the Christabel tower block in ...

Her mother and sister emailed prison officials, pleading for them to reconsider. “Sending her to an all-male prison will be the end of her. No one deserves this. There needs to be another way, we beg ...

A slate of proposed legislation addressing public safety was filed Thursday by State Sen. Bryan King, R-Green Forest, who blamed the state for its high crime and incarceration rates. The bills he ...