While counties made deep investments in community projects and critical infrastructure, they budgeted more for emergency ...

A reformatory’s redevelopment into housing in Virginia has become a guiding example for cities across the United States. Read ...

The number of incarcerated people nationwide has declined, and almost 200 correctional facilities have closed in the past 20 ...

Inmates at the Maine Correctional Center ... New York taking part in the Bard Prison Initiative, which allows for prisoners in seven facilities in New York State to earn degrees from Bard College.

It's common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated mental illness or substance abuse. A new law will help them get Medicaid.

Maine counties budgeted more American Rescue Plan Act funds for emergency services, sheriffs’ offices and county jails.

The Legislature's criminal justice and public safety committee approved the bill, with some amendments, on Wednesday.

Adam Hasner's candidacy is one of the latest in a growing trend in Florida: Presidents for public universities are ...

Justice Lassiter died by suicide in March 2023, more than two years into a seven-year sentence at Northern State Prison in Newark. If he'd made parole as soon as he was eligible, he would have been ...