Immigration and Customs Enforcement is getting ready to ask private prison companies to bid for contracts to re-open family ...

Lamont’s budget invests in universal preschool but does not meet the needs of other nonprofits, like food banks and ...

Ashley and Joshua Drew admitted they locked a 16-year-old boy in his bedroom and withheld food. The boy lost mobility in his ...

In a legislative session that has been marked by controversial bills on a range of issues, a new bill that aims to better track pregnant inmates in Utah's prisons and jails is attracting bipartisan ...

The well-stocked pantry can members and their families get past a financial rough patch; a supply closet can help them ...

A bill introduced by Kentucky lawmakers would increase alternatives to prison or jail for parents convicted of nonviolent ...

The bill is necessary, supporters say, because KY incarcerates women at one of the highest rates in the nation. More than ...

Virginia should expand higher education in prisons and jails as a public safety and workforce development strategy, the ...

SINGAPORE – Ten men sat in a circle inside a room in Changi Prison Complex. Their hardened exteriors belied the nervous looks in their eyes. All of them were waiting for their children to pass through ...

The Allahabad High Court has expressed concern for children living in prisons with their incarcerated parents, directing the ...

Some legislators had concerns that the bill was just a concept and had no definitive fiscal note. Sen. Tim Mathern said the ...

When Melania first moved to the White House, her parents also lived there part time ... before working at a state-owned children's clothing factory where she created and monitored textile patterns.