F or the past decade I worked at the print plant at South Central Correctional Facility, one of the few jobs here that pay ...

Lucy Letby was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six more. Her life inside is tightly controlled, surprisingly busy, and very different from most prisoners, with three jobs, ...

People associate the words prison labor with coercion and exploitation, with inmates paid peanuts to do menial work for the government or its contractors. If you hear that phrase, you probably don't ...

Arkansas authorities are looking at whether a job in the prison kitchen played a role in the escape of a convicted former police chief known as the “Devil in the Ozarks.” Grant Hardin, 56, was housed ...

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Work is stressful — that’s a given. However, for some jobs, the sources of stress go beyond a demanding boss or a stream of deadlines, such as in positions in law enforcement or public safety, like ...

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South Dakota’s prison staffing has reached its highest level in years, but high turnover and difficulty retaining new corrections officers and nurses continue to challenge the system.

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Despite spending hundreds of millions of dollars to fill vacant medical and mental health positions at prisons and ...