Plain-English guides on bail, writing letters, sending care packages, lowering call costs, and navigating the justice system.
Latest articles
Reporting and in-depth articles on conditions, policy, and events at correctional facilities across the country.
News Oregon Department of Corrections - (OR DOC)
In February 2025, Oregon DOC fired Health Services director Joe Bugher and Chief of Medicine Dr. Warren Roberts after an investigation found delayed care, intimidation of staff who raised concerns, and Roberts requiring unnecessary exams on trauma survivors.
News Oklahoma Department of Corrections (OK DOC)
Between FY2023 and FY2024, Oklahoma DOC reduced inmate-on-inmate serious assaults by 14%, with a 28% drop in Q1 of FY2025. Population management, stricter enforcement, and enhanced technology are driving the change.
News Oklahoma Department of Corrections (OK DOC)
Oklahoma DOC added a public 'Deaths in Custody' dashboard in 2024, listing every death by facility, date, and manner. The move came after pressure over transparency in prison death reporting. Here's what families can find there.
News Oklahoma Department of Corrections (OK DOC)
In December 2024, Cory Stegall was found dead at Allen Gamble Correctional Center in Holdenville, OK. Three months earlier, he had texted his father urgent warnings from his state-issued tablet. His cellmate was charged with murder.
News Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction (ODRC)
On February 13, 2025, Governor Mike DeWine postponed all scheduled Ohio executions and predicted no one would be executed for the rest of his term. Pharmaceutical suppliers refuse to provide lethal injection drugs.
News Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction (ODRC)
Lt. Rodney Osborne was killed April 9, 2024 at Southern Ohio Correctional. Officer Andrew Lansing was killed Christmas Day 2024 at Ross Correctional. The resulting 'Andy's Law' passed the Ohio House 82-3.
Blog Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction (ODRC)
The Reagan Tokes Law (SB 201) has sentenced 14,500+ Ohioans to indefinite prison terms since 2019. Not one has been released early. 700 — mostly Black men — have had time added. The Marshall Project investigated in April 2025.
Blog Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) - Butner Low
FCC Butner houses the Bureau of Prisons' largest medical complex — with oncology, dialysis, physical therapy, and a 300+ patient mental health unit. It also runs one of the BOP's oldest sex offender treatment programs.
News Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) - Butner Low
FCC Butner faces a deteriorating fire alarm requiring manual monitoring, sewage backing up through dining hall floor vents, and broken food storage. In July 2025, Congresswoman Foushee demanded answers from the BOP Director.
News Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) - Butner Low
In April 2024, four Bureau of Prisons staff at FCI Butner Low were indicted for assaulting an inmate. One lieutenant, Daniel Mitchell, pleaded guilty in December 2024 and received probation in April 2025.
Search 50 US jails and prisons, then post bail, send mail, ship a care package, or lower your call costs — all in one place.