The popular image of a prison is that of a massive, intimidating building with bars in the windows and a high wall around the outside. But that's not what Hunt/Lydig, joint venture contractor for the ...

PIERRE — As a farmer, Marty Overweg would hate to see perfectly good farmland wasted on building a prison. That's one of his lesser reasons for opposing the South Dakota Department of Corrections' big ...

Why yes, of course it is. Correctional design exerts from Shive-Hattery and the Iowa Department of Corrections will demonstrate how at the upcoming BUILDINGChicago conference and expo, September 9-11 ...

HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Blair County Prison Society is offering recommendations on designing a new county prison, based on the expertise of its members who have been making monthly visits for more than 25 ...

If the state wants to build a prison on land zoned for agriculture, it should get the county’s permission first. Or it shouldn’t. A 45-minute session of oral arguments Tuesday at Black Hills State ...

Many of the cells at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility are much smaller than the recommended prison standards. Most of the facility also lacks air conditioning. A crumbling correctional facility in ...

Montana State Prison overcrowding: With the high crime rate, our prisons and jails are beyond capacity. There is talk of building another prison. Right now, the state is sending the overflow to out-of ...

For the third consecutive day on Thursday, a bill that would authorize $750 million in spending authority to the state Department of Corrections for costs associated with prison construction in ...

>> WELL, THIS IS WHERE PLANS ARE CALLING FOR THE STATE’S NEWEST AND LARGEST PRISON TO BE BUILT RIGHT HERE IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. LOCAL COUNTY AND STATE LEADERS TELL ME THEY HAD NO IDEA ABOUT THE PLANS ...

With organized crime growing across Europe, France is planning a major move to take back control of its prison system. The government has announced plans to build a high-security prison deep in the ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — France plans to build a maximum-security prison wing for drug traffickers and Islamic militants near a former penal colony in French Guiana, sparking an outcry among ...