The Overcrowding Issues topic provides news, columns, and expert opinion on the dangerous issue of prison overcrowding. From legislation intended to combat the issue to how corrections staff can stay safe and successfully manage the problem within their facilities, this page is a key resource for COs everywhere.
Moving about 1,000 female inmates from a closed prison in Dwight to another in Logan County has exacerbated overcrowding and not generated meaningful cost savings, according to a report from the John Howard Association.
Overcrowding in the prisons has led to questions about the health and safety of inmates over the last year, as well as the state's employment of a long-term solitary confinement policy.
Donald Williams speaks about the murder of his son Eric Williams, a correctional officer at the United States Penitentiary at Canaan in Wayne County, Pa.