SB 468/HB 571, sponsored by Sen. Janice Bowling, R-Tullahoma, and Rep. Gino Bulso, R-Brentwood, has passed both the Senate ...

Tennessee State’s towering offensive lineman, Ace Meadows, has made a bold decision: he’s entered the NCAA transfer portal. Standing at 6’7” and weighing in at 310 pounds, Meadows has the ...

At that session, a faith-based social justice group asked the panel to back an Evers plan to close a state prison near Green Bay within four years. Hundreds of men from southeastern Wisconsin are ...

Despite a major increase in prison officer salaries, the Tennessee Department of Correction is hitting personnel shortages, forcing it to bring in a “floating security crew” at state facilities.

The cost of keeping Montana’s prison system from rupturing is moving into prime time at the Montana Legislature, with a price tag nearing half a billion dollars. Today, Montana has 600 — or ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nine Tennessee death row inmates are suing the state over its push for a new round of lethal injections after an execution was abruptly called off in 2022 and a follow-up ...

I know that would mean a lot to the program and a lot for the state of Tennessee.” What a setup it will be on Sunday afternoon, too, Barnes against his old Big 12 nemesis in Sampson. Two coaches ...

The city is leasing about 4.5 acres on the eastern half of the landfill site to NEBCO, a construction company that plans to submit a bid to build the new state prison nearby. A lease agreement ...

Tania Thomas, 47, was killed in July while visiting her husband, Anthony Curry, overnight at Mule Creek State Prison in Ione, according to Thomas’ cousin, Jeanine Rojo. Curry was charged last ...

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putting all corrections officers and support staff out of work in a town that is heavily reliant on employment at the state prison. “I’m really worried that Collins is going to be closed ...