The facility houses 1,100 inmates and employs roughly 560 people, but the operational costs of the 111-year-old building have become "untenable," Gov. Tim Walz said.

Populist rhetoric targeting young offenders often leads to kneejerk punitive responses, such as stricter bail laws and ...

While families have no official place in the system, it's time to start thinking about them as potential partners, UB scholar ...

Nearly one-third of California prisoners released early during the pandemic by Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration ended up ...

California’s falling incarcerated population has allowed Gov. Gavin Newsom to close four state prisons. Now he’s calling for ...

It was not too long ago that some formerly incarcerated people didn’t always feel welcomed in the legislative process, said ...

Minnesota is planning to shutdown Stillwater prison in phases. The prison was built in 1914 and the state believes it is not ...

Herrera eventually got a job with Cal Fire in part because the department has loosened rules to allow formerly incarcerated ...

By supplying menstrual hygiene products in prisons, we take one meaningful step toward a system that values human dignity and allows all incarcerated people to reach their full potential.

The bill would require absentee ballot application forms be distributed in correctional facilities, but some say it wouldn't ...