Aryan Brotherhood case raises a question: How to stop killings ordered from state prisons
Three Aryan Brotherhood members were convicted of orchestrating murders and other crimes from California prisons. But will ...
Stateville inmates with violent records wound up in medium-security prisons
When the state of Illinois shut down the century-old, maximum-security prison last year, nearly four of every five inmates ended up being sent to less-secure sites, The Associated Press found.
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Gov. Evers to repurpose prisons amid overcrowding crisis
Gov. Tony Evers’ newest plan for Wisconsin’s Department of Corrections system proposes closing the Green Bay Correctional ...
Governor's prison plan is ambitious to some, but families of prisoners who died say it doesn't go far enough
"There's so many other steps that have to come after this for some action to really ... make us believe that it's true," a former prisoner said.
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Mississippi State Hospital gets new maximum security unit
Mississippi State Hospital is hosting a ribbon-cutting and dedication for its new maximum security forensic services unit.The ...
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Inmates with violent records from shuttered prison are being sent to medium-security sites
Yet, nearly four in five of the offenders formerly housed at the suburban Chicago lockup were not shipped to top-level maximum-security prisons, where the toughest criminals, troublemakers and ...
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Pelican Bay offers a model for prison education. Its future is in doubt.
Among the second chances offered in U.S. prisons is the first in-person bachelor’s program inside a maximum security yard.
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Wisconsin governor floats plan to close 19th-century prison and overhaul corrections system
The plan also proposes that the state’s oldest prison in Waupun, built in 1851, be converted from a maximum security prison to a medium security center focused on vocational training.
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Evers proposes closing 127-year-old Green Bay prison in $500M corrections reform plan
The plan also proposes that the state’s oldest prison in Waupun, built in 1851, be converted from a maximum security prison to a medium security center focused on vocational training.
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Prison security working to contain Palestinian riot in high-security prison
Israel Prison Service security officers on the roof of Ofer Security Prison during unrest, February 16, 2025. (photo credit: ISRAEL PRISON SERVICE) A possible riot is underway at Ofer Security ...