Cell phones in prison are a problem but they may be a symptom of other isolating issues that prisoners face. In speaking with men and women who have gone to prison, they experience withdrawals from ...

The U.S. Supreme Court decision to uphold a cap on the number of California prisoners complicates the already cloudy California budget picture. Under the terms of the decision, California must release ...

Wisconsin lawmakers have offered few remedies for deteriorating prison conditions spotlighted this year by investigative journalism and criminal charges against nine Waupun prison officials following ...

Drugs and weapons aren’t the only contraband in prisons these days. The latest underground currency among inmates is an item most of us consider harmless: the cell phone. And so far, prison officials ...

A 5,000-bed private-prison complex approved in July by the Pima County Board of Supervisors doesn’t yet have the final approval it needs from the Arizona Department of Corrections to house Arizona ...

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The Labour government, which took power this past week, said it had been forced into the move because previous Conservative administrations had let the issue fester. By Stephen Castle Reporting from ...

Experts say such an office, versions of which exist in 19 states and the District of Columbia, could improve safety. Allowing prisoners and their families to air grievances could decrease tension that ...

This story was produced and originally published by Wisconsin Watch, a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom. It was made possible by donors like you. Wisconsin lawmakers have offered few remedies for ...