(03/13/2013)
Efforts to bring the Stark County Jail to full capacity have fell short after the county issued a 0.5 percent sales tax to ensure the correctional facility reach its 502-bed capacity.
(03/06/2013)
A private prison in Ohio has been making headlines in all the wrong ways since the state sold the facility in 2011.
(03/06/2013)
The Utah State Senate is debating a bill that would relocate Utah State Prison and establish the Prison Land Management Authority, a committee that would choose the new location of the prison.
(03/06/2013)
A major anniversary is approaching for the former infamous Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.
(02/15/2013)
The Elmira Correctional Facility in New York was recently locked down for several days following a surge of reportable incidents.
(02/15/2013)
The Federal Bureau of Prisons recently agreed to conduct a comprehensive review of solitary confinement practices in its correctional facilities to determine the monetary and public safety repercussions of the current policy.
(02/15/2013)
The American Correctional Association’s (ACA) 2013 Winter Conference took place in Houston, Texas this year.
(02/13/2013)
Federal judge, Algenon Marbley recently ended most of his court-ordered monitoring of Ohio’s youth prison system.
(02/13/2013)
A rapidly deteriorating prison population in Colorado is forcing state officials to consider closing prisons.
(02/06/2013)
A very large political wind has shifted in the state of Texas. The Texas Association of Business (TAB), known as the most powerful business lobbying group in the Lone Star State, recently made criminal justice reform one of its main legislative priorities.