As students in the Rising Scholars Network’s weekly meeting asked a virtual attendee to unmute themselves over Zoom, someone joked, “Do we have to ‘press 5’ to accept the call?” It was a lighthearted ...

At a recent meeting of the Blair County Prison Re-entry Coalition, officials discussed the possibility of developing a more systematic approach to ensuring that individuals experiencing mental health ...

Insiders and affiliates of prison health-care company Tehum Care Services Inc. lost legal protections acquired through a court-approved bankruptcy plan after failing to make timely settlement payments ...

Prison healthcare contractor YesCare didn’t make required payments under a $75 million settlement to resolve the bankruptcy of its former affiliate Tehum Care Services, opening the door again to ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Shannon Marie O’Connor, 51, the Los Gatos, Calif., ‘party mom,’ was found guilty on 48 of 63 charges against her ...

A New York City day care owner and her husband were sentenced Wednesday in the fentanyl poisoning death of a 22-month-old boy in their care. A jury found Grei Mendez, 38, and Felix Herrera Garcia, 37, ...

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Even though the Illinois Department of Corrections has been under a consent decree since 2019, the state continues to fail to provide adequate medical and dental care to incarcerated people, according ...

Indiana State Prison has seen more suicides than any prison in the state. Nearly all of the mental health employees at the prison left within weeks, even days, of each other. The former employees said ...