A Butler County Jail inmate is getting props for creativity, but a Christmas village crafted from commissary items was confiscated during a recent search of cells. “Corrections officers check the jail ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Legislation that would give inmates in Virginia prisons free phone calls and email access and reduce the costs of food and other commissary items in local jails won approval ...

A Butler County inmate showed off their creativity by using commissary items to create a Christmas Village.They used a lunch bag and drawing paper for the houses, soup to sculpt some items like a ...

DARTMOUTH, Mass. (WPRI) — Inmates at the Bristol County House of Correction will be charged about 12% less for commissary goods starting in mid-July, according to the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office.

Nearly 250 bags of barbecue potato chips. One hundred seventy-five Hershey bars. Fifty bags of Jolly Rancher candies. The Pima County Adult Detention Center is apparently not the place to be if you ...

Back then, the county charged an average markup – the difference between per-unit cost and the sale price – of 46 cents. It’s impossible to calculate the markup on items sold today. Cleveland.com ...

Prisons, correctional facilities, and contractors working with those facilities in Massachusetts would be barred from charging incarcerated people more than 3% of the purchase cost for commissary ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WSET) — Virginia Department of Corrections is encouraging inmates to take the COVID-19 vaccine. Officials say inmates who get their vaccine will receive free email stamps and telephone ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Three correction officers at the Cuyahoga County Jail were fired for stealing commissary snacks for themselves or inmates, according to county records. The county launched an ...

Inmates selected to participate in a Netflix series filmed in the Pulaski County jail received doubled visitation time and payments to their commissary accounts totaling $75, with the money coming ...