A bill to close Parchman Farm failed in the Senate for the second time. Plus, updates on Medicaid and ballot initiative efforts in the Legislature ...

Gov. Greg Gianforte is asking lawmakers for 500 additional beds at the Deer Lodge prison. With the state prison full, more ...

Senate Corrections Chairman Juan Barnett's effort to close Mississippi State Penitentiary has died for a second year.

Following years of decline, the state's prison population jumped by 8% in 2022, and signs indicate it's still on the rise.

The increase mirrored an overall 2% rise nationwide, but Tennessee had one of the largest gains, with only Colorado, Mississippi and ... largest population was the CoreCivic-run Trousdale Turner ...

President Donald Trump’s inauguration-day executive orders and promises of mass deportations of “millions and millions” of people will hinge on securing money for detention ...

Last year the Montana Department of Corrections expanded its 120-bed agreement with CoreCivic — twice — bringing the total at Saguaro now to 360. Along with the Mississippi facility ...

Investing.com -- Shares of private prison operators CoreCivic (NYSE:CXW) and GEO Group saw an uptick in the market, with CoreCivic climbing 2.3% and GEO Group inching up 0.5%. The movement comes in ...

Investing.com -- Shares of private prison operators CoreCivic (NYSE:CXW) and GEO Group saw an uptick in the market, with CoreCivic climbing 2.3% and GEO Group inching up 0.5%. The movement comes ...