prisons

The Tompkins County Jail is overcrowded. The firm doing a study on how to bring the numbers down is presenting their findings Thursday evening. For a long…

NEW YORK (BBC)- On any given day there are around half a million people detained in American jails without being convicted of a crime. One big reason for…

HARRISBURG (WSKG) -- The Wolf administration has launched a new websitetouting its plan to consolidate the state Department of Corrections with the Board…

HARRISBURG (WSKG) -- Legislation to combine the state Department of Corrections with the Board of Probations and Parole has begun moving through the…

The education programs that serve New York’s prison population are streamlining the path to a college degree. Private organizations offer college classes…