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With the harsh sentences handed down over the years there are an estimated three million children whose parents are now in prison. Amy Friedman and her…

BALTIMORE (AP) — Overtime for Maryland prison workers has increased for yet another fiscal year amid what state lawmakers and union officials say is a…

(AP) Six former inmates claim in a federal lawsuit that Maryland's prison system fails to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.The Baltimore…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia prisons are relaxing some of their restrictions on group worship activities and providing religiously compliant meals to…

SMYRNA, Del. (AP) - Delaware prison officials are taking more steps to ensure that inmates don't get illegal air mail deliveries.Gov. John Carney planned…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - An inmate who was suing her Virginia prison over allegations of poor medical treatment has died.The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports…

JESSUP, Md. (AP) - Corrections officials in Maryland say officers have foiled a second attempt in as many days to smuggle the narcotic suboxone into state…

DOVER, Del. (AP) - Delaware's Senate voted unanimously Wednesday to confirm Democratic Gov. John Carney's nominee to lead the state's troubled corrections…

DOVER, Del. (AP) - House lawmakers have unanimously approved a bill reforming a committee charged with monitoring prison health care in Delaware.The…

BALTIMORE (AP) - The state of Maryland has settled for $1.4 million a federal lawsuit filed by blind current and former inmates alleging…