Sen. Dan Stec says he'll vote down any budget bills that don't lead to increased safety protections for correctional officers ...

Georgia was the nation’s epicenter of criminal justice reform during the Gov. Nathan Deal era, and he left it in much better ...

Legislators in New York have a little over two weeks to come to an agreement on the 2026 state budget. The Senate adopted a ...

Correction officers in New York's prison system have been on strike for nearly two weeks, and a tentative agreement appears ...

Lawmakers, survivors of correction officer brutality, and families of incarcerated individuals gathered at the New York State ...

emphasizing the urgent need for reform within the prison system, saying, We are members of the Assembly’s standing committee on Corrections, representing districts containing state prisons.

Wisconsin's second-oldest prison, built in the 1800s and long targeted for closure, would finally be shuttered under a new plan from Gov. Tony Evers that proposes sweeping changes to the state’s ...

On Sunday's episode of "In Depth," Adrian Pastor breaks down the calls for change inside New York state prisons and the conditions that led to a multiday strike.

The “Rights Behind Bars Act” is a 14-page bill that aims to give more rights to inmates.

RICHMOND — Virginia lawmakers advanced a bipartisan prison education reform bill, but Senate revisions altered its original scope. Del. Betsy B. Carr, D-Richmond, introduced House Bill 2158 ...

The plan will include tearing down the 127-year-old Green Bay Correctional Institution and a massive renovation of the Waupun prison. The plan hinges on moving forward with delayed plans to ...

GREEN BAY, Wisconsin (WDJT) — With Governor Tony Evers’ plan to shut down Green Bay and make major changes to Waupun Correctional Institution, families who’ve long anguished over deplorable ...