And the state needs a smaller, more modern prison to house and rehabilitate women who committed serious crimes. The existing ...

The task force’s recommendation now has to go to the state legislature to get approved, so we’re still likely multiple years away from actually having a new men’s prison. In the meantime, Wasko says ...

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — The Utah State Correctional Facility has appointed its second female prison warden in the modern prison era as Sharon D’Amico takes over the Utah State Correctional ...

Reappointed Chairman of the Prison Visiting Committee, Bishop Charlesworth Browne, is renewing calls for a modern correctional facility while highlighting the committee’s continued focus on ...

The state’s women prisoners, currently housed at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in Hunterdon County, will eventually be moved to the new facility, which will be built in a more ...

As the South Dakota officials consider a new Level 5 prison facility near Mitchell, many residents are voicing concerns about safety — particularly the fear that it will bring a wave of former inmates ...

Gov. Phil Murphy in June 2021 announced plans to close the state's only prison for women, the scandal-plagued Edna Mahan Correctional Facility in Clinton, Hunterdon County.

A recent report from King County officials outlines plans to replace the aging King County Correctional Facility (KCCF) with a modern facility designed to better serve the current needs of inmates ...

Modern correctional facilities tend to be more spread out. Why not Sioux Falls? Mayor Paul TenHaken had been wary of having the new prison placed in the Sioux Falls metro area.

Carr, the corrections secretary, has previously acknowledged that Green Bay Correctional Institution is more expensive to operate than a modern facility due to its need for regular upkeep and repairs.

SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration said on Friday it plans to rebuild two Illinois prisons, including the nearly century-old Stateville Correctional Center just southwest of ...

BAYPORT, Minn. — The state of Minnesota announced plans to shutter the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Stillwater in a phased closure, a move some employees and labor unions strongly oppose ...