The Progress Community Corrections Center (CCC) in Waynesburg, a facility designed to assist inmates with their reentry into society, is among four state facilities being slated for closure. A state ...

Many New York State Department of Corrections workers are worried about potential staffing cuts at every state prison.

We thought the best way to get into the conversation was to bypass all of the stereotypical conversations that people imagine having with people serving long-term sentences and really dive into ...

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.

Concerns about employees and economic impact have been widespread since the state Department of Corrections announced it plans to close Rockview, but prison advocates say there are other factors to ...

I don’t know what to say other than I am shocked,” Benner Township Supervisor Kathy Evey said. “It could have a significant ...

Years of issues at the Raymond Detention Center led to the Hinds County Board of Supervisors deciding it's time to build something new.

Even more staff at the NYSDOC Upstate Correctional Facility in northern New York were sent to the hospital for possible exposure.

moving inmates from place to place within the facility and to appointments. Jamaica said she also gained experience in the many different jobs within the prison, listing some of the care ...

Wednesday, the state announced Upstate Correctional would enter lockdown saying it’s for the safety and security of staff, inmates and the community. The prison will undergo a f ...

The majority of the film was shot on location at Downstate Correctional Facility, a decommissioned prison near Beacon. They also filmed at the theater in Beacon High School and the Hudson Sports ...