Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Incarcerated people exercise in the maximum security yard of the Lansing Correctional Facility in April 2023 in Lansing, Kan. This ...

Objective Drug-related problems (DRPs), which encompass medication errors (MEs), adverse drug reactions and adverse drug ...

As another round of extreme low temperatures sweeps parts of the U.S., people in dilapidated jails and prisons face an increased risk of illness and even death. The threat of losing power, poor ...

California’s incarcerated population has aged rapidly over the past 30 years. A new report recommends pathways for release.

Gov. Phil Scott met with local officials in Burlington last month to discuss persistent crime and disorder in Vermont’s largest city. Soon after, he unveiled a plan that he said would help the Queen ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Amid a national debate over the use of pandemic relief funds, Alabama lawmakers swiftly approved a plan Friday to tap $400 million from the American Rescue Plan to help build ...

Members of the Legislative Black Caucus said conditions at the Parchman prison were unlivable after a group tour two weeks ...

As temperatures outside the DeKalb County Jail plunged into the teens, a tragedy was unfolding inside the Georgia jail. Lamar Walker was begging for help and slowly freezing to death, according to a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi prison ...

Corrections failed to properly monitor Alexander Nicholls-Braddock - who had ADHD and addiction problems - in Christchurch Men's Prison, a coroner has ruled.