ARKADELPHIA, Arkansas — More than 900 acres overlooking the Ouachita River could eventually become the site of a 5,000-bed ...

While the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the median salary for a corrections officer is just shy of $59,000 annually, prison guards in Massachusetts are among the highest paid in the nation ...

A bill to allocate $750 million to fund construction of a 3,000-bed prison in Franklin County failed on the Senate floor on ...

Appropriation bills require a three-fourths vote of both chambers of the Legislature for passage, meaning 27 votes were ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas lawmakers voted against a $750 million spending bill for the Franklin County prison project on ...

After her proposition’s defeat at the polls last November, Assemblymember Lori Wilson, D-Suisun City, is bringing the issue of forced prison labor to the California Legislature. On Tuesday ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A roller-coaster debut season for John Calipari with Arkansas basketball came to a heartbreaking end in the Sweet 16. The 10th-seeded Razorbacks (22-14) fell 85-83 to No. 3 Texas Tech ...

One lawmaker who opposed the bill, Assemblymember Tom Lackey (R-Palmdale), said during the hearing that he took issue with associating the prison workforce with slavery. He also said he couldn’t ...