According to the report, inmates filing complaints with the OCO have complained about receiving food that was “old with ...

The state Department of Correction is seeing "recurring failures" affecting conditions of confinement, including unsanitary ...

A former prison warden and an exec who once served a life equivalent sentence explain why fair chance hiring is an overlooked ...

Thousands of state job vacancies in North Carolina are stretching public services thin and, in many cases, creating risks for ...

JJBs, which comprise of a principal magistrate and two social workers, decide if a child aged 16-18 should be tried as an ...

Background Suicide is one of the most common causes of death in correctional settings. This study aimed to analyse prison ...

Former Wayne Correctional Center in Goldsboro, Kerwin Pittman says he’s the first formerly incarcerated person in the U.S. to ...

The project foresees the initiation of prison-based disengagement programmes aimed at dissuading extremists from violence and setting the facilitation standards for their social reintegration upon ...

Two brutal killings, less than three months apart, in New York State’s prison system raised troubling questions: Had other inmates met similar fates? By Jan Ransom Jan Ransom has been covering the ...

Ruby Welch assists a student at Arkansas Beauty School in Little Rock on Dec. 10, 2025. Welch is one of the many formerly incarcerated Arkansans who stays tied to the criminal justice system after ...

When most people imagine prison, they picture bars, razor wire, and isolation. But around the world, some prisons operate very differently. From inmates dancing in choreographed performances in the ...