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May 28—ALBANY — There are less than two weeks of voting days left for this year's state legislative session, and a push to pass a package of prison reform bills could end with little progress as the ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Legislators, advocates, and people with firsthand experience in New York prisons gathered at the Capitol in Albany on Tuesday morning to push for prison labor reforms. The ...

The two of us have spent a good chunk of our lives on opposite sides of prison bars. One of us worked for 16 years in the federal Bureau of Prisons, including a stretch as acting director during the ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — Former federal prison warden Percy Pitzer has published "A Warden's Path," drawing from his career in corrections to advocate for prison reform and better community reintegration of ...

A New York correctional officer was convicted of murder in an inmate's death, while two others were acquitted. Governor Kathy ...

HARTSVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A new Tennessee law will require private prisons with high death rates to reduce their inmate population, a measure that gained unanimous support from lawmakers after a ...

JEFFERSON CITY — Previously incarcerated Missourians, their loved ones and prison staff gathered at the Capitol to advocate for independent prison oversight on Wednesday. As of now, the Missouri ...

More than a dozen staff members at Fishkill Correctional Facility in Dutchess County have been hospitalized this week after a series of mysterious “unknown exposures” inside the state prison. The New ...

Inadequate’ support is leaving prisoners at risk after 16 self-inflicted deaths in three years at HMP Leeds, inspector warns ...