The number of incarcerated people nationwide has declined, and almost 200 correctional facilities have closed in the past 20 ...

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's private school voucher plan intends to exclude undocumented immigrant kids, going against Plyler v.

A former Trousdale Turner correctional officer, prison chaplain, activist and incarcerated person weigh in on the causes of ...

A 19-year-old Memphis man will spend just over seven years behind bars for stealing 166 firearms and possession of a machine ...

A Tennessee man wrongfully convicted of crimesagainst a Cleveland woman is free from prison over 30 years later.Back in 1993, ...

Recently, an ankle monitor began beeping in a Georgia church, local media reported, prompting a Honduran man seeking asylum in the U.S. to step outside, where immigration enforcement agents arrested ...

CONTINUES. AND NEW AT SIX. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE CAMP HILL STATE PRISON SAYS AN INMATE DIED AFTER AN ASSAULT BY ANOTHER INMATE IN A RECREATION YARD. 35 YEAR OLD SPENCER CASTLE DIED THIS MORNING.

A Tennessee measure aimed at arresting local officials who support sanctuary city policies for immigrants is ...

Senate Corrections Chairman Juan Barnett's effort to close Mississippi State Penitentiary has died for a second year.

The bill seeks to criminalize local officials who support sanctuary policies for immigrants along with other measures in an ...

State prisons chief Tyrone Oliver asked Georgia lawmakers Monday for $10.4 million to hire an additional 330 correctional officers during this fiscal year to staff a prisons system the U.S ...

Tennessee Senate Bill 6002/House ... A Class E felony is punishable by one to six years in prison and/or a fine of up to $3,000. The state Senate passed the bill Jan. 29, 2025, and the state ...