The PPI briefing looks into the devastating effects, finding that people in prisons where copays cost more than a week’s pay ...

As climate disasters intensify, the nation’s incarcerated population faces life-threatening risks due to inadequate emergency ...

For nearly a year, Loran Beck believed he did not belong in an Oregon state prison – even though Oregon’s governor sent him ...

It's true that Bynum was one of four lawmakers who lobbied then-Governor Kate Brown to allow early release for 2,000 prison inmates. This was relatively early in the COVID-19 pandemic, and Bynum ...

The group made up roughly half of the inmates held in the block, a special unit sequestered from the jail’s other prisoners ...

COCC was the first school in Oregon to receive approval for its Prison Education Program, or PEP, at Deer Ridge Correctional ...

A condemned South Carolina inmate chose Friday to be executed by lethal injection, instead of by firing squad or ...

“The filmmaker also deposited money into Smith’s account.” Corrections inmates in South Carolina are not allowed to do telephone or in-person interviews, although they may write letter ...

Tennessee’s corrections chief says the department is expected to unveil a new process for executing inmates by the end of the year NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee's corrections chief said ...

Instead, a study group is seeking ways to allow inmates live in "prisons without walls" and work at private companies. The planned program is aimed at helping them reintegrate into society with ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee’s corrections chief said Wednesday that the department expects to unveil a new process for executing inmates by the end of the year, signaling a possible end to a ...