North Dakota

"The main thing is access to services and (being) closer to their family," Leann Bertsch, director of The North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, said

Was allegedly selling Jolly Ranchers with acid tabs affixed to them for $15 worth of commissary items to other inmates

Said circumstances surrounding Sarah Circle Bear's death are unfortunate, but "normal jail procedures were followed"

Ramsey County Commission has approved an electronic monitoring program for low-risk offenders

Complaint alleges Danielle Lawrence's rights were violated when the jail did not treat her pneumonia, which worsened and brought about her death

Every week or so, Grand Forks District Judge Don Hager meets with adult offenders, not to hand down penalties, but to talk about treatment

Parole, probation and drug court officers supervise more than 1,700 cases a month

Burleigh and Morton county voters approved a half-cent sales tax last summer for a $70 million combined, new jail

An inmate's death forced the change to Ward County Jail

Proposal to have counties share in state penitentiary costs if a quota is exceeded

A Bismarck man is accused of biting a corrections officer while being booked into the Morton County jail

A North Dakota mental health treatment center has received a national award for community-based facilities serving young people

The 20-by-20 inch hole was 'beaten' into the ceiling of a shared restroom in a 16-men dormitory area at the Southwest Multi-County Correctional Center