The long-term decline in the number of individuals in state prisons has led to a demographic shift toward an older ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Republican state Sen. Kevin Jensen of the Canton area has a specific number in mind. “If we can get the recidivism down to about 20%, that would open up about 200 beds a ...

American prisons are fast becoming the world’s worst nursing homes, increasingly filled with aging criminals who can barely walk, let alone commit another crime. The idea that we should lock up people ...

Rep. Greg Jamison is in a unique position as a South Dakota lawmaker. One of the state's most immediate issues is where to build a new men's prison. The other involves South Dakota's ...

New data released by the Michigan Department of Corrections showed that the prison population continues to decline. According to the report, the population in 2024 was 32,778, a sharp decline from ...

For more than 40 years, the United States—a nation that putatively cherishes freedom—has had one of the largest prison systems in the world. Mass incarceration has been so persistent and pervasive ...

Ross Nedoma covers an umbrella review of the most up-to-date prevalence of mental and physical health in prison worldwide.

The Alabama Sentencing Commission said Friday that Alabama’s already overcrowded prisons could see inmate populations rise by nearly a third by 2030 due to new punitive laws passed by the Legislature.