Politics ❯ Legislation

Prison Reform

Forced Labor Government Accountability Prison Officials Oversight Overcrowding Capacity Issues Impact on Officer Safety Prisoner Privileges Government Proposals Funding for Prisons

Fourth Inmate Dies at Michigan's Only Women's Prison

State officials have opened mortality reviews with independent autopsies to probe the circumstances of her hospital transfer.

Third Death at Michigan Women’s Prison Prompts Push for Independent Probe

France’s Detention System a ‘Catastrophe,’ CGLPL Says in Final Annual Report

Congress Interior Committee Approves Recognizing Prison Staff as Agents of Authority

FOI Records Lay Bare 130% Overcrowding in Ontario Jails as Ford Stands by Big Expansion Plan

New York Details Prison Drone Drop as Officials Press Crackdown on Flights Over Prisons

Catalan Parliament Grants Agent-of-Authority Status to Prison Staff on Internal-Regime Duties

Justice Committee Warns UK Prisons Are in Crisis, Failing Rehabilitation

Arkansas Department of Corrections Report Details Six-Month Plot and Security Blunders

Union Demands Safety Reforms After High-Risk Inmate Attack at Picassent Prison

UK to Deport Foreign Prisoners After Serving 30% Under New Overcrowding Plan

Chemical Agents Used to Quell Trousdale Turner Prison Riot in Tennessee

German prisons to raise prisoner wages after constitutional court ruling

HMP Frankland Rated ‘Generally Safe’ as Security Clampdown Intensifies

Government Faces Pressure After Prison Officer Attacked by Southport Killer Using Boiling Water

Report Calls for Massive Prison Expansion to Address Overcrowding and Public Safety

Judge Declares Texas Prison Heat Conditions Unconstitutional, Trial to Determine Remedies

UK Prisons Face Overcrowding Crisis with Space Predicted to Run Out by 2026

New York Reaches Agreement to End Prison Workers’ Strike

California Inmate Firefighters Face Risks for Low Pay During Devastating Wildfires