Eleven inmate deaths in less than two months. More than 4,000 staff vacancies. A $3 billion repair backlog. And now, a stunning directive from President Donald Trump for the crisis-plagued federal ...
The Assembly may have passed its own watered-down version of prison reform Monday, but it leaves the state way short of actually fixing any of the problems swirling around the system. Nobody’s really ...
Hawaii has struggled for many years to confront the reality of a deteriorating corrections system that barely manages the prison population it has. It’s a vexing situation, mandates coming from all ...
Sen. Tom Hatcher of Blount County said he wants to work with colleagues and TDOC to identify and implement changes to improve ...
Responding to staffing shortages that imperiled guards and staff, Wisconsin lawmakers in 2023 significantly increased pay for corrections officers — hoping to retain and attract more workers to the ...