It rained heavily the night before the retaking of New York's Attica Correctional Facility. A guard, William Quinn, had been killed. Negotiations had ended. The men on the D yard waited for the ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Two lawmakers on the prison task force said Thursday some of their key takeaways from two days of meetings in Sioux Falls was a men’s prison needs space for inmate education ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The Project Prison Reset Task Force agreed on not spending more than $650 million for a new 1,500 bed men’s prison in Sioux Falls at its Tuesday meeting. However, the task ...

In the nightmare, Chadarius Morehead is in the field at Louisiana State Penitentiary, the prison better known as Angola. It is dark. He sees an armed prison guard, who orders him to bend down and pick ...

As Sacramento County’s district attorney, I’ve dedicated my career to pursuing justice and protecting public safety. I’ve prosecuted the most heinous crimes, and I’ve witnessed firsthand the profound ...

A South Dakota task force narrowed down potential locations for a new men's prison to two sites, one near Mitchell and one near Worthing. The task force rejected the original proposed site in Lincoln ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Several members of a prison task force said a new men’s prison and its site need to fit the needs of staff and offenders. Task force member Republican Sen. Jim Mehlhaff said ...

Proposition 6, the ballot measure that would have amended the California Constitution to prohibit involuntary servitude in prison, failed. That’s troubling. Do voters really believe forced prison ...