‘I find it atrocious’: Sedgwick County jails, prisons set to lose $2M in funding

Sedgwick County is set to lose $2 million in Department of Corrections funding changes, while Johnson County stands to gain ...
VTDigger

Sleeping on floors, a transfer to Mississippi: How Vermont is coping with prison overcrowding

Though still below pre-pandemic levels and its 2000s peak, Vermont’s growing prison population has caused overcrowding across the system. The state is assessing its options.

South Dakota to replace one of the country's oldest prisons

The South Dakota Legislature voted in special session Tuesday to approve a new state prison to replace an overcrowded 140-year-old facility in Sioux Falls ...
Colorado Politics

Colorado’s prison population management plan activated due to overcrowding

Ongoing issues within the Colorado Department of Corrections have prompted the state to trigger its Prison Population Management Measures — a policy framework established in 2018 to address ...

New KDOC formula could result in Sedgwick County losing $2M for community corrections

Leaders in Sedgwick County are expressing concerns about how the state will fund the Community Corrections Act (CCA) in 2026.
Tulsa World

Senate OKs bill to ease Oklahoma prison overcrowding

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma lawmakers on Wednesday approved a plan to reduce the state's prison population by diverting low-risk convicts from prison and into community sentencing and electronic ...