FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ark. (KATV) — A veteran state lawmaker is calling on Governor Sanders to use the money allocated to the Franklin County prison project to expand an existing prison saying that would ...

New York's prison system must expand its use of cameras, and also must restrict staff members’ ability to turn them off. Credit: Getty Images. The 27-year-old son of Robert Brooks, the incarcerated ...

Arizona passed a law creating an independent oversight office for state prisons. The office lacks funding to operate, causing concern among advocates and lawmakers. The oversight office aims to ...

Franklin County Sheriff Johnny Crocker went on a local radio station Friday, Sept. 26, and told the governor that she needs to send Joe Profiri “back to Arizona” in light of a recent visit by ICE to ...

We need a new prison but, in my view, our elected officials have not been open and transparent about its full cost. Current estimates put the cost of building the new prison at nearly $500 million.

The first meeting of the South Dakota Corrections Commission in nearly a year drew calls for transparency and accountability from commissioners, lawmakers and members of the public. Under state law, ...

The Lancaster County Prison Advisory Committee was created by the Lancaster County commissioners to advise county government on the construction of the Lancaster County Correctional Facility. As a ...

Sen. Gary Stubblefield told a small assembly on Jan. 3 in Charleston that he doesn’t think the Arkansas Senate will have enough votes to continue the 3,000-bed prison project in Franklin County. “To ...