ALBANY — State Sen. Julia Salazar released a report Monday that asserts conditions in New York’s prisons remain dire, with inmates regularly neglected and abused, and correction officers not held accountable for wrongdoing or investigated for misconduct or alleged criminal violations.

Because they make up what Justice Anthony Kennedy years ago called a “hidden world of punishment,” what goes on inside these facilities largely escapes public awareness and scrutiny. Many of these

Experts discuss the threats coronavirus outbreaks in prison pose for the country Some inmates at Alabama state prison facilities asking for help amid the novel coronavirus pandemic highlighted what they described as broader threats inside the U.S. prison ...

Prisons across the U.S. are experiencing critical staffing shortages and a new study says that the prison complex may never recover ... so changes are coming. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, prisons across the country faced severe staffing shortages.

The Department of Corrections and Community Supervision is going to release some inmates early because of ongoing staffing shortages in the wake of the prison strike. A memo from Commissioner Daniel Martuscello issued on March 31 said that inmates who are ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - Nebraska has the country’s most or second most overcrowded prison system, depending on who you ask. Inspector General of the Nebraska Correctional System Doug Koebernick confirmed the rankings in his 2025 annual report ...

BOISE – Soon after an ambush at a Boise hospital last year injured three correctional officers when a prison transport turned dangerous, the director of the state’s prison system said he made immediate changes and would continue to review department ...

More than 2,000 prison workers participating in an unsanctioned strike have been fired, the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision announced on Monday. DOCCS Commissioner Daniel Martuscello declared the strike over and said that the state is ...