It's more costly to house inmates at higher security levels, but the Michigan Corrections Organization says the system needs more high-security beds.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – At The New Mexico State Penitentiary in Santa Fe in 1980 was one of the most violent prison riots in U.S. history. Resulting in 33 deaths and many more injuries, this riot ...

Michigan lawmakers are calling for accountability at the state's only women's prison, Huron Valley, following testimony on poor conditions. Issues raised include toxic mold, rampant drug use, ...

Twenty-three inmates escaped and one guard was killed after armed men stormed a prison in the Mexican resort town of Puerto Vallarta, which has been under siege by cartel members since drug lord ...

Laresha Thornton, a former teacher’s aide at the prison at Women's Huron Valley Prison, described a cruel environment. Credit: Screenshot/Michigan House Oversight Committee Michigan lawmakers from ...

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LANSING — Inmates frequently miss meals, prescribed medications and programming because of a shortage of working wheelchairs and wheelchair attendants at Michigan's only prison for women, according to ...

Quito/Guayaquil ― After hundreds of Ecuadorean inmates were killed in prison riots in 2021 and 2022, President Daniel Noboa made restoring order in jails one of the central pillars of his security ...