As lawmakers work to compete the next state budget, they are intensifying efforts to address overcrowding and capacity ...

A total of 179 prisoners were freed "in error" in England and Wales between April 2025 and March 2026, government figures ...

As demolition crews tear into the old Higgins building to make way for a jail expansion, the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is ...

Almost 180 criminals were let out of prison by mistake, shocking new figures show. The Ministry of Justice said 179 prisoners ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — Illinois lawmakers expressed deep frustration Tuesday with the state Department of Corrections, ...

States put to death 47 people last year, double the recent norm. What’s behind the rise?

Michigan Democrats gathered Saturday in Detroit to honor outgoing Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Her Kentucky counterpart had a ...

The governor of Silverwater prison has come under fire for the special treatment afforded to accused war criminal Benjamin ...

Crossville, evidently thought his "three strikes" sentencing bill would find little opposition on its way to a signature by ...

In the era of population cliff, the most crowded place in South Korea is the prison. The total capacity of 54 correctional ...

New data shows the vast majority of the province's correctional facilities are operating with far more inmates than they were ...

Judges decided that the rally would likely “violate the dignity of victims” of the Nazis. The activists were offered the ...