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State Sen. George Borrello, R-Sunset Bay, speaks against a bill that would require prisons allow in-person visitation. Legislation that would increase physical visitation for jail and prison inmates ...

Every Saturday morning without fail, siblings Joshua, Ava, and David Martoma used to wake up before sunrise, get dressed and pile into their mom’s car to drive down to the Federal Correctional ...

In recent years, incarcerated people have been denied visitation rights for breaking a prison rule. Legislation newly signed into law would fix that. The law, which started out as House Bill 25-1013, ...

After years of fighting corrections officials for more transparency and pushing back against harsher prison policies, advocacy groups say they saw more advancement toward significant prison reforms ...

NEW YORK STATE — Three New York State prisons have suspended visitation after staff and inmates got sick after being exposed to an unknown substance, the state’s Department of Corrections and ...

THOMSON, Ill. (KWQC) - Visitation at Thomson Prison is suspended after a case of whooping cough was detected. The Bureau of Prisons told KWQC that officials are taking precautions to protect everyone ...

ELLSWORTH, Kan. (KSNW) — A new child-friendly visitation space at Ellsworth Correctional Facility aims to make family connections easier, thanks to a partnership between Kansas Corrections and the ...

Spending time with her dad requires that 6-year-old Jinan undertake a bizarre and arduous odyssey. Usually she travels alone, but last Monday, the Palestinian girl with the rosebud smile and bouncing ...

Defendant pods at the Van Cise-Simonet Detention Center have open air rec areas and plenty of daylight (Amanda Pampuro/Courthouse News). DENVER (CN) — The Colorado House Judiciary Committee on ...