Nebraska ranks near top of U.S. in prison overcrowding, OIG of Corrections reports

Nebraska has the country’s most or second most overcrowded prison system, depending on who you ask. Inspector General of the ...
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Sleeping on floors, a transfer to Mississippi: How Vermont is coping with prison overcrowding

One of the holding cells in the booking area of the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington on Aug. 27, 2024. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger With Vermont’s prisons reaching ...

Increased violence at prison, report finds

Broken lifts, showers, boilers, cell call bells, damaged floors and "shabby wings" were reported, as well as the poor state ...

Alabama state prison population could rise by a third by 2030

The Alabama Sentencing Commission said Friday that Alabama’s already overcrowded prisons could see inmate populations rise by ...

SNP announces early release of 800 criminals to ease prison overcrowding

The SNP has been accused of a “shameful betrayal of victims” after announcing 800 more prisoners are to be released early ...

Alabama’s prison population could grow to staggering level by 2030

The Alabama Sentencing Commission said Friday that Alabama’s already overcrowded prisons could see inmate populations rise by nearly a third by 2030 due to new punitive laws passed by the Legislature.

From Kala Pani to overcrowded jails: Why Indian prisons still bear a colonial stamp

Prisons had existed in the Indian subcontinent since the third century BC, but they were mainly used to confine political ...

Overcrowding and violence in Belgium's prisons: 'I was the victim of four assassination attempts'

The repurposed Forest prison in Brussels has opened its doors to the public to highlight the difficulties facing the prison system in Belgium, as overcrowding threatens inmates’ safety and hinders ...