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Gov. Josh Shapiro's administration says it's recommending the closure of Rockview state prison and the Quehanna boot camp amid longer-term national trends of shrinking prison populations.

The complex of the nearly shuttered prison is getting a quick renovation. Satellite images from Planet Labs show the construction of large-scale tents across the Guantanamo Bay camp. Satellite ...

Since 2002, roughly 780 detainees have been held at the American military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Fifteen are left. Former President George W. Bush created the prison camp to hold ...

The Trump administration said the 10 men who were sent to a prison on the base at Guantánamo Bay are affiliated with gangs. By Hamed Aleaziz Eric Schmitt and Carol Rosenberg The Trump ...

Four staff were injured in an altercation with five inmates at Hawke's Bay Regional Prison on Sunday. Photo / Paul Taylor Three other staff were also injured after five prisoners at the facility ...

The Bureau of Prisons confirmed it is holding some people ... a second group of detainees was flown to Guantanamo Bay, drawing backlash from immigration rights groups. Meanwhile, El Salvador ...

A bit of good news — now you can test for the virus at home. 1️⃣ Private prisons: On the campaign trail in 2020, Joe Biden made a bold pledge that he would end the federal use of private ...

In a warehouse-style room at the Central California Women’s Facility outside Chowchilla, Jesse Vasquez stood before a group of very attentive women in prison-issue denims. They were prospective ...

And it’s a story of organizing across racial lines.” As title cards inform viewers at the start of the film, Pelican Bay State Prison’s Security Housing Unit once held hundreds of inmates ...