Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The G. Norton Jameson Annex at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls. (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight) The G.

A new bill would prohibit jail officials from suspending phone privileges for more than 90 days consecutively, or 180 days in one year. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) Lawmakers want to limit how ...

Shaidon Blake says a false disciplinary report cost him parole. Shaidon Blake says he didn't threaten officers in prison, but a disciplinary report saying he did might have cost him parole. Kansas ...

Report finds an ongoing racial imbalance in prison discipline, but avoids pointing to racial bias among correctional staff as the sole reason for the disparity Exterior of the Coxsackie Correctional ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Black and Hispanic people incarcerated in New York state prisons are more likely than white people to face further punishment once they wind up behind bars, according to a state ...

There are approximately 170,000 people incarcerated in women’s jails and prisons across the country. While some identify as trans and gender-nonbinary, they all have similar reproductive health ...