voiced strong opposition to the Shapiro administration's plan to close state prisons and community corrections centers, warning it could lead to increased violence, endanger staff, and harm local ...

NOW, OKLAHOMA DOC CURRENTLY OPERATES ABOUT 20 DIFFERENT CORRECTION Oklahoma Attorney General Drummond is advocating for Congress to allow cellphone jamming technology in state prisons to combat gang ...

Los Angeles County and other state prisons are upgrading their security after a recent surge in violence against staff and inmates. Details: <a href="https://ktla.com ...

A sign for the state Department of Corrections’ Benner Township and Rockview state prisons. Advertisement ...

Ohio is spending $349,400 to buy Tasers for corrections officers at two high-security state prisons. The policy for how and when the stun guns will be used inside the prisons is still being developed.

NEW YORK STATE — Three New York State prisons have suspended visitation after staff and inmates got sick after being exposed to an unknown substance, the state’s Department of Corrections and ...

Two men who were incarcerated at the state prisons in Centre County are now facing felony assault charges for different alleged attacks. Eric J. Erlemann, 54, of Lehigh County, was charged with ...

COs for weeks have quietly expressed a lack of trust in the union, saying they have felt union leaders have not committed to pushing state leaders to take violence issues in the prisons more ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul's proposal to expedite the closure of up to five state prisons in the 2025-26 fiscal year has been endorsed by the state Legislature. The state Assembly and Senate majorities ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — All New York State prisons except for one will reopen for visitations starting Saturday, following the corrections officers’ strikes that lasted three weeks. Upstate ...

A pair of national experts will determine what is needed to improve services for mentally ill inmates. Then lawmakers will be asked to fund the fixes. Hawaiʻi has agreed to open its prisons and ...

Republican supporters make the case that taxpayer money should not go toward gender-affirming care in state prisons. “I understand individuals get upset when I say this, but I do mean it with all ...