Texas should close prisons and jails with staffing challenges, state oversight panel says
The Texas agency that manages the state’s prisons and jails should close correctional facilities with staffing challenges and ...
Franklin County residents protest new prison at state capitol
Members of a coalition group opposing the construction of a new prison in Franklin County took their concerns to the state ...
Armstrong’s first budget proposal addresses prison crowding, invests in housing
After a month in office, Gov. Kelly Armstrong on Wednesday laid out a plan he says will address property taxes, overcrowding ...
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Prison abuse, deaths, and escapes across U.S. prompt calls for more oversight
Rampant sexual abuse by guards at women’s prisons in California. An inmate suicide that went unnoticed for 18 hours in ...
Drones flying weapons and drugs into UK prisons are 'threat to national security'
The UK's Chief Inspector of Prisons, Charlie Taylor, has called for urgent action to tackle drones delivering drugs and guns ...
Prison abuse, deaths and escapes prompt calls for more oversight
Rampant sexual abuse by guards at women’s prisons in California. An inmate suicide that went unnoticed for 18 hours in ...
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Nearly 49,000 Awaiting Trial in Nigeria’s Overcrowded Prisons, Says Correctional Chief
Field officers were urged to engage state Chief Judges and Attorneys-General to accelerate prosecutorial processes Over ...
Report: Understaffed Prisons A Symptom Of Mass Incarceration
A recent report from the Prison Policy Initiative indicates that understaffed prisons are a symptom of American mass ...
Youth incarceration poses major challenge to DCYF’s new boss
The new boss overseeing child welfare in Washington will have her hands full navigating a crisis in youth prisons.
Prison staff and inmates face unseen psychological wounds, experts warn
Overcrowded prisons in England and Wales are at breaking point, with self-harm at record levels. Now, researchers are ...
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Paraguay’s Endless Prison Crisis
Paraguay’s penitentiary system remains in a state of emergency for a second year, yet without tackling the root causes, the ...
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The prison population is going up as prisons struggle with staffing and overpopulation
The prison population has been creeping back upward. New laws in some states instituting harsher punishments threaten to further fill prisons, many of which are already understaffed and overcrowded.