Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders wants to build a huge, pricey prison to hold the inmates incarcerated under her tough-on-crime ...

In an epic case of, “Tag, you’re it!,” the French government is building a “high-security prison” in the middle of the Amazon jungle in French Guiana. This prison will house the most dangerous ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of the Arkansas Board of Corrections attend a meeting at the North Little Rock headquarters on Feb. 12, 2025. Left to ...

Residents of a small town in rural Lancashire have expressed fury at the government pushing through controversial plans for a new 'super prison' on green belt land. Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood ...

CHARLESTON -- J.B. Jackson answered the call when members of the Chickamauga Nation in April asked area residents to document local burial sites near the Franklin County land where the state wants to ...

A secretive plan for a new state lockup angered people in a deep red corner of rural America—and changed how some see incarceration. This story was produced by Bolts and published in partnership with ...

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Blair County commissioners aren’t showing interest in building a new prison on a light industrial site at 17th Street and Margaret Avenue, as suggested this week by a local retired ...

Eleven months into a contract with a California-based prison building consultant, Arkansas has paid the company $952,000 and twice issued warnings about spending excesses. The second admonition says ...

In the summer of 2022, Utah leaders unveiled the new Utah State Correctional Facility. It was the largest construction project in state history and cost taxpayers more than $1 billion. Less than four ...