HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — It was after midnight when she crept down the narrow, dimly lit stairs carrying a bag of dirty laundry. She crossed under a patchwork of pipes and ducts to the far back corner ...

April Youst pauses for a cigarette in her backyard in West Virginia on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — It was after midnight when she crept down the narrow, ...

Prison systems nationwide are working to make those who are incarcerated feel more at home in hopes it leads to better outcomes. It is known as normalization and works to make conditions inside ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A 10-man prison work crew helped rescue and carry out an injured hiker in the Tillamook State Forest, the Oregon Department of Corrections shared in a social media post Monday morning ...

Content warning: Discussions of abuse and sexual assault. 1."I worked in a state prison for 26 years. What I've learned is that 1) Respect works both ways. 2) Listening is more important than talking.

The man sentenced recently after walking away last year from a prison work crew and hopping a bus into downtown Salem was among 14 prisoners who have escaped from work crews in the past five years, ...

For more than a century and a half, California has outlawed forced labor. But there has always been an exception for one group — people in prison. The state Constitution specifically prohibits slavery ...

On a special episode (first released on January 9, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: The practice of profiting from prison labor, both inside prisons and outside for private industries is complex and ...

Tonight questions are swirling over Milton City Hall where the mayor says funds were impropery transferred between accounts. He tells us he plans to ask the Wes Multiple charges filed in Raleigh ...