A $105 million prison in Virginia has stood empty for four months since its completion last summer because the state doesn’t have enough inmates to fill it. The 1,024-bed prison in Grayson County ...

Illinois State Rep. Mike Boland says the vacant Thomson prison should be used to house prisoners from other states displaced by Hurricane Katrina. In a press release issued Tuesday, Rep. Boland, ...

(INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE) — News of the so-called "Speedway Slammer" is roiling Indiana, with confusion over a plan to house up to 1,000 immigrants in the Hoosier State. Many people online believe - ...

California is facing a multibillion-dollar budget deficit that will require lawmakers and the governor to make painful decisions. Nobody wants less funding for their child’s school, road maintenance, ...