LINCOLN — Nebraska’s prison system could save about $3.9 million by better controlling how it handles health care, health insurance and pharmacy services for prisoners, a state audit found. And ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The former warden of Louisiana's largest prison may have violated state law by using prison resources and ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A blistering audit said staffing shortages at the new Utah State Prison are so severe that it has impacted the ability to maintain safety and security within the facility. The audit ...

Several House Democrats are demanding the federal Bureau of Prisons make public an audit that examines reports of sexual assault at a federal women’s prison in California where inmates say they’ve ...

AUSTIN — Texas prison and parole officers are using inefficient methods for routing felons into rehabilitation programs, and their lack of coordination could be contributing to prison overcrowding, a ...

The majority of sexual offenders in New Hampshire's state prison are not released when they've served their minimum sentence because they have not completed a mandatory treatment program. This is the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — Two years after large pay raises and bonuses for Tennessee prison correctional officers, there is little improvement in staffing and heavy reliance on overtime persists, an ...

(KUTV) — Inadequate medical care in the Utah State prison system- that’s the key finding in an audit from the Utah Legislative Auditor General. That audit found “systemic deficiencies” in how the ...

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