There is no amenity for family or friend of the convicted. In every way the prison system throws barriers at you. Prison visitation escalates emotional anxiety. I think it would be better to defuse ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado lawmakers are trying to make it a right — rather than a privilege — for inmates in the state’s prisons to receive visitation while incarcerated. Now ...

Several prisons across the state, including Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility near Otay Mesa, have been placed under a heightened security protocol amid an increase in violence against inmates ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Caroline and Blake Via sit in a lobby in the Virginia General Assembly building before attending a Courts of Justice committee ...

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 ...

As New York state prison guards continue their unauthorized strike, all visitations are canceled at facilities statewide, the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision announced ...

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 ...

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 ...

The California Men's Colony is not a pleasant place to visit, and the authorities go out of their way to make you know it. A visit has all the charm of a stopover in a dank toilet room, but this ...