A Republican lawmaker from Lane proposed changing the name from Department of Corrections to Department of Corruption ...

By pursuing these measures, the agency can advance the criminal justice reforms initiated in 2018 to improve reentry services ...

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In 1957, after a riot at the Missouri State Penitentiary left four men dead and 50 wounded, state lawmakers created a ...

California voters rejected Proposition 6, the “End Slavery in California Act,” which would have ended forced labor in state ...

Secretary Leslie Cooley Dismukes says DAC’s biggest hurdles are staffing shortages and addressing physical and behavioral health care needs.

For the third session in a row, Montana lawmakers are considering a bill intended to allow the state to again administer the ...

State and local leaders across the country are bracing for a tidal wave of aggressive immigration policies and possible mass ...

The death of Robert Brooks at Marcy Correctional Facility has prompted calls by lawmakers in Albany for legislative reforms ...

Delvin has suggested that while the state’s Keep Washington Working law, passed in 2019, prohibited the jail from sending a ...

The court’s decision aided and abetted a cover-up of the conditions and treatment of South Carolina prisoners and death row ...