Nebraska has the country’s most or second most overcrowded prison system, depending on who you ask. Inspector General of the ...

Part of Montana’s effort to reduce overcrowding in its prisons can be found a few minutes outside of Boulder. Gov. Greg Gianforte, along with Department of Corrections Director Brian Gootkin and ...

A cell of just nine square metres with no toilet can hold up to three prisoners. Sometimes, one of them has to sleep on the floor due to a lack of space. This is common in Belgium, a country that has ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Two years after its groundbreaking, Governor Larry Rhoden toured the new women’s prison in Rapid City on Monday. The medium-security facility, located on North Creek Drive ...

Shelby County Sheriff's Office transferred over 100 inmates to Tennessee state prisons to alleviate local jail overcrowding.

Belgian justice minister Annelies Verlinden (Flemish Christian democrat CD&V) and asylum and migration minister Anneleen Van ...

The report reveals that the State’s sub-jails operated at 196% occupancy, nearly double their sanctioned capacity. Kerala’s district jails also reported 128.3% occupancy, making them significantly ...

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 ...