OpEd: Existing BOP prisons are critically understaffed, unrepaired, and over-filled. The Letcher project won’t help.

A new bill asks Gov. Kathy Hochul and state legislators to overhaul New York’s broken guardianship system. It cites a ...

Sen. Tim Scott and several Republican colleagues have introduced a new bill to increase congressional oversight of federal ...

The most far-reaching crime bill ever passed by Congress has left a complicated history three decades later, with President ...

Citing high numbers of incidents, US senators are working on ways to strengthen the safety for federal prison staff from ...

“Our legislation would reinvest federal money in local public housing authorities to fund the backlog of much-needed repairs.

The facilities repair worker pleaded guilty to smuggling contraband into Waupun Correctional Institution between July 2022 ...

State lawmakers are pursuing legislation that would allow reconsideration of lengthy prison sentences for those deemed ...

A former facilities repair worker at Waupun Correctional Institution pleaded guilty Thursday to smuggling contraband into a ...

SCRANTON — Dunmore Roofing will replace the Lackawanna County Prison's aging roof for almost $1.3 million after submitting by ...

Moscow resident Yury Kokhovets has been sentenced to five years in prison for condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine during ...

A bill that would allow greater media access to California prisons is headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk for a possible signature. Senate Bill 254 from state Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, would also ...