Rockview state prison is slated for closure under a plan unveiled Monday by Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration, a proposal ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration says it's recommending the closure of Rockview state prison and the Quehanna boot camp ...

Under the Illinois public records law, AP obtained a list of 406 inmates housed at Stateville as of August 2024 and matched each with the prison to which they’d been transferred, noting its security ...

The announcement opens up a 3-month public comment period, including public hearings, before a final decision is made. Gov.

The closure of these facilities could have significant negative impacts on not only the employees and their families, but our communities and local economy as a whole,” state Rep. Paul Takac said.

The suit says that for years, Dr. Scott Lee was the only full-time gynecologist at the California Institution for Women ...

She is flanked by the prison’s former acting superintendent, Danielle Medbury, who was removed from the position by Hochul, and state corrections Commissioner Daniel F. Martuscello III.

Gov. Josh Shapiro, seen in the General Assembly on Tuesday during his budget presentation, has proposed closing two state prisons and two community corrections facilities as part of the plan.

It hasn’t stopped crime,” said Kat Brady, coordinator of the Community Alliance on Prisons. OCCC is the state’s largest jail with an original design capacity of 628 beds and an operational ...

The Bureau of Prisons confirmed it is holding some people arrested in Trump’s immigration crackdown, though it has not disclosed how many or where. Federal jails in Los Angeles, Miami ...

My understanding of life in prison comes purely from the big screen — movies like The Shawshank Redemption or the Netflix series Orange is the New Black. I am very thankful that this is the ...