After years of planning and recent delays, a $39 million renovation of the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail is set to ...

South Dakota Corrections Secretary Kellie Wasko is celebrating what she calls major progress on efforts to replace the Men’s ...

The price estimate for the northeastern Sioux Falls prison complex is $725 million. That’s $100 million less than a 1,500-bed ...

The Project Prison Reset task force are back at work, trying to reach a consensus on the site and cost of a new men’s ...

LINCOLN — The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services on Wednesday selected which construction company will build the state’s next prison: Hausmann Construction of Lincoln. Correctional ...

In 1990, the closure of the Virginia State Penitentiary ended nearly 200 years of holding state inmates in downtown Richmond.

MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. — The historic Moundsville Penitentiary echoed with the buzz of tattoo guns as it hosted its third annual Locked Up Tattoo Convention. More than 100 tattoo artists from across ...

In 1885, Missouri's plan to build a second penitentiary sparked controversy when Louis Houck allegedly attempted to bribe officials to secure Cape Girardeau as the site. Ultimately, the expansion ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The state prison system in South Dakota is seeing its share of violence. There are currently more than a hundred court cases involving prison inmates in the hands o… ...

West Virginia Penitentiary is at 818 Jefferson Ave, Moundsville, WV 26041. 13- West Virginia State Capitol The State Capitol Building is one of the historical sites to tick off your to-see list.

Tumultuous period at South Dakota State Penitentiary culminates in warden’s departure Exit of Teresa Bittinger came one day after closed-door meeting with lawmakers; ‘nationwide’ search for ...