Ricky,” the first feature film by Hartford native Rashad Frett, won a directing award at the Sundance Festival in Utah and ...

Prison movies are perhaps the most captivating of all movies, as the following films illustrate. From grim portrayals of life ...

A Tennessee death row prisoner has declared a hunger strike, saying he is protesting issues with medical care, the quality of ...

The company's CEO forecasts "perhaps the most significant growth in our company's history, over the next several years." ...

The film focuses on a series of hunger strikes organized by those incarcerated at California’s Pelican Bay State Prison, in ...

Tennessee's prison population has increased in recent years, and experts say it’s likely due to tougher laws that keep people behind bars for longer. Following years of decline, the state's ...

Corrections Corporation of America, now CoreCivic, in 2008 announced it was going to build ... In 2023, the prison had a 188% turnover rate, the highest in the state, and 57% of necessary staff ...

Rockview state prison is slated for closure under a plan unveiled Monday by Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration, a proposal that would save the state tens of millions of dollars but also have ...

Rep. William Lamberth R- Portland, talks about his support for the school voucher bill on the fourth day of special session at the Tennessee State Capitol building in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday ...

The walls of prisons are thick, making them expensive to renovate. Or, as in the case of the Tennessee State Prison in Nashville — a castle-like structure built in 1898 by the architect Samuel ...

The public is invited to weigh in on the future redevelopment of the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. People can discuss their ideas and preferences for reusing and reimagining the 165-year ...

A former state prison employee has been sentenced to 90 days in prison after pleading guilty to sexual contact with an inmate. The 36-year-old woman, a former employee of the Mike Durfee State ...