When the state of Illinois shut down the century-old, maximum-security prison last year, nearly four of every five inmates ended up being sent to less-secure sites, The Associated Press found.

When the Illinois Department of Corrections shut down the century-old Stateville Correctional Center in September, officials transferred 278 inmates convicted of murder and dozens more serving time fo ...

It hasn’t stopped crime,” said Kat Brady, coordinator of the Community Alliance on Prisons. OCCC is the state’s largest ... contracted the University of Hawaii Community Design Center ...

the series explores the chaos and violence that ensued when gang members launched an armed attack on Cereso number 3 state prison, resulting in fatalities and mass escapes. Directed by Gerardo ...

With a 30% vacancy rate, Nottoway is likely low on the prison system’s list of priorities. Like Sussex State Prison, Greensville Correctional Center has a 50% vacancy rate. And Lawrenceville ...

Franklin Correctional Facility is one of the more than 30 New York state ... six prisons, according to documents obtained via a public records request; they had only added one to that list as ...

According to the memo titled, ‘Re: Request For List ... prison are some of the factors that will determine eligibility for the clemency. The Controller General of Corrections has written to all ...

Of finalists for FAU prez, two are credible administrators, and the third is a former pol who works for a private-prison company. Guess who will get picked.

hospitals and prisons costs at least £49 billion but could be larger. The head of the National Audit Office (NAO) said that allowing the waiting list of repairs to Government buildings to linger ...

A former guard had illegal aerial fireworks mailed to Hawaii’s largest jail where he worked, the state attorney general said Wednesday. Gilchrist Fernandez, a former corrections officer at Oahu ...