There’s an effort for reform of solitary confinement ( also known as “restrictive housing” or “administrative segregation”) in Maryland jails and prisons in the General Assembly. Senate Bill 539 (cross-filed with House Bill 786) seeks some limitations on the practice ...

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The justices said that inmate Gregory Holt could maintain a half-inch beard for religious reasons because Arkansas prison officials could not substantiate claims that the beard posed a security risk.

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WASHINGTON — Every weekend, Cindy Martinson treks from her home in Mason City, Iowa, about 160 miles roundtrip to Waseca, Minn. She visits the federal prison there, where her daughter Mandy Martinson, a first-time offender, is in the middle of ...

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WESTERNPORT — Authorities say two 17-year-old boys escaped from the Backbone Mountain Youth Center in Garrett County, but were captured within hours. The Cumberland Times-News reports that an Allegany County deputy sheriff and deputies and officers from other agencies found ...

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Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler is calling for reforms to help people who have served prison sentences re-enter society to be productive. Gansler held a forum on the subject in Baltimore on Monday. The attorney general has outlined 10 recommendations. ...

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WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court judge Tuesday called on the president and Congress to consider a different approach to the handling of legal cases of Guantanamo Bay prisoners. Judge Harry T. Edwards made the comment at the end of ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of Maryland’s “No Representation Without Population Act,” which ties residency to the last address of an inmate rather than the location in which he or she is incarcerated during the U.S. Census. ...

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Inmates at the Roxbury Correctional Institution in Hagerstown are training and rehabilitating abandoned and abused dogs. The pets are then matched with adoptive families through the Lost Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation. Capital News Service has more...

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Maryland has received a federal grant to help fight cell phone use in prisons. The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services announced a $2 million contract over three years with Columbia-based Tecore Networks to deploy technology known as ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The state Senate has passed a bill modifying a law that allows Maryland prisoners to ask the court to suspend their child support payments. Lawmakers approved the measure 25-21 Wednesday, allowing child support payments to be altered without ...

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