Tennessee’s Republican-backed ban on abortion has caused pregnant women to be denied care and even caused medical professionals to leave the state due to fear of prosecution. Senate Bill 1004, which ...

ALBANY – The state prison system will be releasing nonviolent felons to help the agency address officer staffing shortages − a plan one Western New York lawmaker likened to an “April Fools ...

MANY HELD SIGNS THAT SAID THINGS LIKE SAVE OUR PRISONS. THE SAFETY IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. PENNSYLVANIA STATE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT JOHN ECKENRODE SAYS THE PLAN TO CLOSE ...

Project Prison Reset’s task force will ... Eventually, the plan is for a special session of the state legislature to learn in late July about the group’s recommendations.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A plan to build a 3,000-inmate prison in Arkansas hit a roadblock in the state Senate on Tuesday, while the Alabama Legislature gave final approval to ensure funding for ...