Prison Reform

It's a key position in a prison system that has struggled to rein in criminal behavior, particularly at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women

A federal monitor found inmates were “weaponizing” PREA and using it as a way to threaten officers and retaliate against them

By providing too many privileges to its max-security inmates, Ohio is both undercutting its reformatory mission and putting the safety of everyone behind the wall at risk

An investigation last year found that about one-fifth of correctional officers hadn't completed required basic training

"Responsible juvenile justice reform also takes into account the needs of public safety," wrote Gov. Janet Mills

Closing Edna Mahan Correctional Facility will take years; here are 11 changes the report authors recommend now

The city's DOC must report all complaints from detainees at the city's two jails since 2017

A committee said the state should allow all but death row inmates and those serving life-without-parole to request lighter sentences after serving 15 years

The establishment of the task force comes as the nation's jails and prisons are on high alert in response to COVID-19

“The eyes of the nation will be watching as we try to transform a system defined too often by jail bars and barbed-wire fences to a community-based system"

For the entire legislative session, there have been more people incarcerated at the state's jails than there are beds in those jails

The survey found that trust and morale remain low among correctional officers at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center