The Department of Corrections also wants to shut down two state-run Community Corrections Centers, one of which is in Berks County.

In 2022, Utah banned transgender girls from playing girls school sports. A judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of the ...

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

The closure of these facilities could have significant negative impacts on not only the employees and their families, but our communities and local economy as a whole,” state Rep. Paul Takac said.

The building, with “Statue of Liberty views,” will house low-income residents and formerly incarcerated individuals.

Prison staff will reportedly be guaranteed job offers at their existing pay and classification at a nearby correctional ...

Following Mississippi Today's investigation into a hazy legal theory used to imprison women who used drugs during their ...

The Kentucky Department of Corrections said last month that 67 state inmates are taking hormones to treat gender dysphoria. A ...

In Colorado, a man who rapes a child — as long as it is just once — can get probation. As in, walk right out of the courtroom ...

In Colorado, a man who rapes a child — as long as it is just once — can get probation. As in, walk right out of the courtroom ...

A fence with barbed wire encircles the water tower across from the state women’s prison in Shakopee. A plain chain-link fence lines the Catholic cemetery. But five years after local ...