Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) said that the prison system is “creating monsters” after he was released from prison last week.

A decision whether to mandate air conditioning inside Texas prisons is in the hands of a federal judge, as advocacy ...

America talks about recidivism as if it were a mystery. It isn’t. It is a predictable outcome of how we run prisons. The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics has tracked what happens after release for ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Some of the gangs South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley listed as tied to violence at the men’s prison in Sioux Falls have the largest gang presence in prisons around ...

But some prisons have found a way to lower the cost by partnering with outside vendors. In California, for example, Global Tel*Link – a private company that operates phone systems at many state and ...

Sen. Tom Hatcher of Blount County said he wants to work with colleagues and TDOC to identify and implement changes to improve ...

Prison reform advocates and families of inmates are petitioning Gov. Katie Hobbs to provide $1.5 million in funding for an ...