The Texas Tribune1d
Texas bills requiring air-conditioned prisons languish despite temperatures being ruled unconstitutional
The five bills that would require complete air conditioning in state prisons haven’t had a hearing yet, and the money set for ...
Elko Daily Free Press1d
Prison guard musical chairs incurs $60 million in overtime, $50 million shortfall
The Nevada Department of Corrections is racking up $60 million in overtime a year because of the need to shift correction officers from one post to another to address staffing ...
Paul House, who spent two decades on Tennessee's death row before he was freed, has died
Paul "Greg" House, once on death row in Tennessee, died at 63 after years of advocating against the death penalty; he was ...
A lawsuit by inmates is challenging Tennessee's plans to resume executions. Here's how
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nine Tennessee death row inmates are suing the state over its push for a new round of lethal injections ...
Death penalty debate intensifies as Tennessee set to resume executions with new drug
Four executions are scheduled this year with a new lethal injection protocol and the ethical and legal debate is intensifying ...
Columbus Dispatch14d
Buy Ohio State women’s basketball vs Tennessee tickets for the 2025 March Madness game
The fourth-seeded Buckeyes (26-6) are coming off a 71-51 first-round win over No. 13 seed Montana State and will face No. 5 seed Tennessee (23-9) in a second-round matchup at 8 p.m. on Sunday at ...
KAIT15d
State prison funding bill heads back to Senate
According to our content partner KARK, concerns about the total cost for the Franklin County prison caused an appropriations request to fail in February. The state already set $75 million aside ...
FOX5 Las Vegas15d
Three inmates die in Nevada state prisons across three-day period
The deaths included Marc McCurdy, who died at Southern Desert Correctional Center on March 13, and Montana Munday and Craig Crosby, who died at High Desert State Prison in Indian Springs on March ...
collider16d
Netflix's $320 Million Critically Panned 'Electric State' Has Already Been Dethroned on Top 10 List
On paper, The Electric State sounded like the perfect action movie. You’ve got two of the best directors in the genre — Joe and Anthony Russo — along with a star-studded cast led by Chris ...
news10nbc16d
All state prisons except one reopen for visitations on Saturday
ALBANY, N.Y. — All New York State prisons except for one will reopen for visitations starting Saturday, following the corrections officers’ strikes that lasted three weeks. Upstate ...
The New York Times16d
Why Are We Still Strip-Searching Prisoners?
More states and prison officials must see these searches for what they are: a state-imposed violation that some experience as a form of sexual violence, and that costs states and local governments ...
Idaho Statesman17d
‘Tough on crime’: Idaho prisons director who helped carry out death penalty exits
Kyle Green Associated Press Idaho will have a new state prisons director for the first time since 2018 after its current chief leaves for the private sector, the Governor’s Office announced ...