The Pennsylvania State Corrections Officers Association has concerns about the Department of Corrections expanding the “Little Scandinavia” prison project to include three additional state ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Advocates for prison reform were in Albany on Tuesday, calling on Governor Kathy Hochul to sign the Omnibus Prison Reform Act into law. The bill would require correctional facilities to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Content warning: Discussions of violence, sexual assault, and murder. This past year, I've been asking former inmates and people ...

The board would hold public hearings and facilitate oversight over the system that has seen prolonged issues, contract ...

(CNN) — Two clashes between rival gangs in a southern Ecuadorian prison left at least 31 inmates dead on Sunday, including 27 who were killed by “asphyxiation,” officials said. In the first attack, ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (WNYT) — The son of the man who was beaten to death in Marcy Correctional Facility called on the governor to sign a package of prison reform bills – one day after one officer was found ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Fighting that broke out at a Georgia state prison over the weekend left three inmates dead and injured a corrections officer and 13 more inmates, the Georgia Department of Corrections ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of the armed forces stand guard outside Machala prison in Machala, Ecuador, on December 7, 2025. - Luis Suarez/AFP/Getty ...

At least 13 inmates were found dead Sunday at a southern Ecuadorian prison ravaged by violence in recent months, the country’s prison service SNAI announced on Monday. The bodies were found after an ...