McCOOK, Neb. – The inmates housed at the minimum-security state prison in McCook, Nebraska, could often be seen around town, working on road paving, weeding cemeteries, taking down Christmas lights ...

Prison barbwire fencing. Credit: Alex Potemkin, Getty Images. The Federal Bureau of Prisons is closing a women’s prison and other facilities “after years of abuse and decay,” the Associated Press has ...

Minimum-security prisons like Safford, Arizona, often fail at the one thing they claim to do: rehabilitate. New inmates arrive with no orientation, no guidance, and limited access to basic needs like ...