1+ hour, 11+ min ago   (567+ words) Foreign nationals make up 30,289 of the 173,368 inmates held in South Africa’s public correctional facilities, accounting for about 17.5% of the country’s total inmate population. The figures, which cover the inmate population as at August 9, were provided by correctional services minister Pieter…...

48+ min ago   (1665+ words) Editor’s note: This story is the first in an occasional series examining what it costs to operate New Jersey’s prisons, jails, and youth correctional facilities, what drives those costs, and the impact on taxpayers, staff members, and incarcerated people. If…...

2+ hour, 7+ min ago   (445+ words) August 24, 2026 — 12:04pm Unions have warned of a “tinderbox” situation in Queensland’s overcrowded, unsafe youth detention centres, as hundreds of workers walked off the job following a breakdown in wage negotiations. Frontline youth detention workers and non-operational child safety staff abandoned their…...

9+ hour, 46+ min ago   (16+ words) Yahoo Discover how inmates are learning finance and emotional literacy....

1+ hour, 54+ min ago   (400+ words) Fresh charges have been laid over alleged corruption by dozens of individuals within several North Island prisons. Twenty-four people have now been charged as a result of an investigation that spanned almost a year, including Corrections officers, reintegration officers and…...

1+ hour, 59+ min ago   (156+ words) The Brazos County Sheriff’s Office says an inmate at the Brazos County Jail has died after being experiencing a medical emergency. Officials say that on Sunday, August 23, 2026, a 59-year-old man was conscious when he transported via EMS to a local…...

2+ hour, 44+ min ago   (810+ words) 10th death of someone in Milwaukee County Sherriff's Office custody since June 2022. Local jail reform advocates say they have serious concerns about the in-custody death of a 45-year-old at the Milwaukee County Jail on Tuesday morning. Many of the concerns raised…...

4+ hour, 33+ min ago   (649+ words) The Arkansas governor's office says building a new prison in Franklin County remains the state's preferred way to expand prison capacity, despite recently released Department of Corrections emails outlining expansion plans that don't mention the project. "An exchange of ideas…...

4+ hour, 9+ min ago   (247+ words) Sean Grayson, the white former sheriff’s deputy whose shots at Sonya Massey inside the Black single mother’s Woodside Township home two years ago resulted in his second-degree murder conviction and an ongoing racial reckoning in Sangamon County, died about noon…...

5+ hour, 52+ min ago   (213+ words) LA CROSSE, Wis. (WLAX/WEUX) – The La Crosse County Board unanimously approved a $1.3m project to upgrade its jail. The money will go towards the design and construction of additional special-needs units, improving housing for incarcerated women, and addressing mental health…...