On the last day of Adam Collier’s life, he had breakfast in his cell in Kern Valley State Prison. He wrote two letters, one to his mother, the other to the guard who would later find his body. During ...

Advocates, inmates and family members contend that, in cases like his, a steady stream of transfers reflects a system that too often fails to adequately care for people in mental health crises. These ...

Fewer released prisoners appear to have re-offended during the first year of California’s historic “inmate realignment,” but the legislation mandating the prison-system overhaul has led to new budget ...

BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WECT) - Getting arrested in a certain county does not necessarily mean that is where you will be spending your time behind bars. Every year, hundreds of inmates in southeastern ...

Housing inmates from other counties also has been a financial benefit in Cedar County, which opened a 52-inmate, $3.5 million jail in 2001. Sheriff Dan Hannes said taking in inmates from counties such ...

The question of building a new Johnson County Jail has never been one of “if,” but “when.” The 92-bed facility has been too small for a decade, ever more so as average daily inmate populations have ...

Inmates shuffle past new fans in the Darrington prison’s main hallway on a hot July day. Focusing largely on policing, this year’s legislative reforms surrounding Texas’ justice system aimed to keep ...

Stats on gangs in Chicago and the U.S. Among the perquisites of political power, state lawmakers can use their legislative offices to make inquiries with the Illinois Department of Corrections on ...

One in three California prisoners has a diagnosed mental illness. The state’s solution for some? Move them around. On the last day of Adam Collier’s life, he had breakfast in his cell in Kern Valley ...