Locations in the Box Elder area and northeastern Sioux Falls have come forward as two more options for a new men’s prison site.

Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia offers exactly that raw, unfiltered connection to the past – a crumbling cathedral of correction that draws visitors from every corner of Pennsylvania and ...

The crime comedy premiered at SXSW on March 16, 2015, and hit theaters on March 27, 2015. The cast includes Will Ferrell, ...

State corrections workers engaged in a three-week unsanctioned strike earlier this year to protest what they said were unsafe conditions in facilities. “When you look overall at what our correction ...

I worked inside California’s prisons for 23 years. Does rehabilitation work in prisons? Yes, it does, and we have the data to prove it.” ...

Enrique Sandoval, Daniel Arciniega and Eleazar Alicantar learn English language skills in class at San Quentin State Prison on Wednesday. In March 2023, Gov. Newsom announced a plan to transform ...

Convicted killer and recaptured prison escapee Grant Hardin, known as the “Devil in the Ozarks,” has been transferred to the Varner SuperMax prison southeast of Little Rock, Arkansas prison ...

But thanks to more than $10 million in state and federal grants, tour groups can now tour the administration building and see what it was like to be a warden in the old prison. Noel Brennan reports.

At San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, prisoners are forced to share 46-square-foot cells — half of the recommended size — that date to the 1930s. The state is working to modernize living conditions, ...

Tyreese Quinerley killed his childhood friend and dumped his body on the side of City Avenue in Lower Merion last year, and for that, he was sentenced Wednesday to 18 to 40 years in state prison.

10 things to know about a potential state prison site in Davison County “We have an opportunity in front of us to grow this community, for our businesses, for our housing developments,” said ...

How to Survive shares six survival tricks learned inside San Quentin prison and how they apply to extreme situations. They offer practical advice on staying safe in confined, high-risk environments.