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Sentenced to prison, stuck in jail. Hundreds wait as Indiana's transfer backlog drags on

Hundreds sentenced to Indiana state prison are waiting months in county jails, delaying access to treatment programs and worsening overcrowding statewide.

Brickbat: From Guard to Inmate

Francisco Izayas Castillo, a former jail guard in Santa Clara County, California, was sentenced to 45 days in jail after… The post Brickbat: From Guard to Inmate appeared first on...

Immigrants Behind Bars Often Find ICE Waiting After Their Prison Sentences

Many state prison systems work with ICE. California, for example, has handed over 18,000 prisoners since 2015.

Prisons as Incubators of Drug Craving?

REVOLVING DOOR? – April 28, 2026 – The United States is a global leader in mass incarceration. It holds nearly 2 million Americans in prisons and jails, and it costs a whopping $44...

How Prison Quietly Reshapes Human Identity

A prison interview with a man incarcerated seven times reveals how identity loss, emotional survival, and social disconnection can quietly shape recidivism.

Pras Michel Begins 14-Year Prison Sentence for Money Laundering

Pras is locked up. Continue reading…

Raising Innocence

An Indiana Women’s Prison unit gives incarcerated people a place to raise their newborns on the inside, rather than forcing them to give their babies up after birth.

Overflowing Idaho prisons are sending women with good behavior to ‘the hole’

Kristine Scott and other women transferred to a minimum-security prison in Boise found themselves in segregated housing due to overcrowding

State prison officials are grappling with a crisis behind bars

NY1 went inside one of the state’s largest prisons — Green Haven Correctional Facility — for an exclusive look beyond its walls.

Inside correctional approaches to addiction care

With overdose rates rising, correctional facilities are playing a critical role in substance use treatment.

Center for Cartoon Studies Tackles Mass Incarceration

Jobs, housing top priorities for IN justice-involved women

The Indiana Department of Correction released 504 women from state prisons in early 2025. Finding a job and a place to stay presents its own set of challenges as these justice-invo...

Prison Doesn't Work the Way You Think

Economist Jennifer Doleac discusses why long sentences don’t reduce crime, how first-time defendants benefit from leniency, and why clearance rates are key to crime reduction.

Hotboii Sentenced to Six Months for Violating Probation

Hotboii behind bars again. Continue reading…