Colorado Department of Corrections Correctional Officer David Aldana walks along the third level of cell house #8 at the Fremont Correctional Facility during a formal count at the prison in Canon City ...

When discussing the largest prisons in the world, size can mean two things: total inmate population or overall capacity. Many of the biggest facilities are actually sprawling complexes that contain ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Men exercise in the maximum security yard of the Lansing Correctional Facility in Lansing, Kan. The prison population in Kansas ...

State leaders hoping to trim budgets by reducing prison populations are in for some disappointment. Proponents of decarceration often tout potential savings, but despite a 24 percent drop in state ...