Understaffing and overcrowding in prisons are causing unsafe conditions, low retention rates, and a higher suicide rate among ...

Prop 57 was successful during a time before the rightward shift on crime, when the state was focused on reducing prison ...

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HELENA (KPAX) — For much of the Montana Legislature’s 2025 session, lawmakers have debated the need for more prison capacity in the state. They’re looking at more than $400 million in spending this ...

A man incarcerated at a California state prison was indicted on federal charges after prosecutors say he sexually exploited a teenage girl, who he’s accused of previously abusing, while ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Former UFC champion Cain Velasquez was transferred from Wasco State Prison to a facility in Soledad to continue serving his sentence for shooting at a man accused of ...

6 inmates facing charges in murder of fellow prisoner That day, an inmate serving 16 life sentences and linked to a 2004 prison hostage crisis allegedly inflicted fatal injuries on three fellow ...

State Sen. Kevin Payne, R-Peoria Payne, Arizona Senate Public Safety Committee chair, said he’s concerned about the safety of prison employees and inmates. “The murder of three inmates in one ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Despite failing to convince Arkansas lawmakers to approve $750 million in funding to build a 3,000-bed prison in Franklin County, the state is not backing down from the ...