What it’s intended to do is to lock up the most dangerous sexual offenders until they are safe to rejoin society,” a state ...

More than 60 percent of the women in Oklahoma's prisons have been identified as in need of substance abuse treatment, but few will be able to enter a program, according to a 2010 state report on ...

SPRINGFIELD - A prison watchdog group says the state's mushrooming prison population is forcing some inmates to wait years for substance abuse treatment programs. The Chicago-based John Howard ...

SPRINGFIELD -- A prison watchdog group says the state's mushrooming prison population is forcing some inmates to wait years for substance abuse treatment programs. The Chicago-based John Howard ...

Nearly half the people incarcerated in Wisconsin's prisons for non-violent crimes have a mental illness. That's almost 3,500 people who could have benefited from the Treatment Alternatives and ...

New Corrections report shows reduced job openings since pay increase took effect as state agency hires 133 for new Rapid City ...

Opioid abuse not only produces social and human tragedy, but it also imposes massive financial burdens on society. When ...

This story is reported by South Dakota News Watch, a non-profit news organization. Find more in-depth reporting at www.sdnewswatch.org. PIERRE, S.D. – As much as lawmakers debated whether South Dakota ...

The United States has the largest prison population in the world. At present, over 2 million American adults are incarcerated in federal and state prisons. Aside from having the world's largest prison ...

Recidivism reveals a gap between punishment and rehabilitation. Psychology explains why incarceration alone rarely transforms ...