incarceration

Tennessee has one of the highest rates of people put in jail or prison, a report released by the Prison Policy Institute found.

As correctional facilities in Kentucky and other states deal with overcrowding, researchers and community groups across the country are calling for more research into “post-incarceration syndrome.”

After years of steady declines, Tennessee’s prison population climbed by nearly eight percent last year, a bump in the rate of incarceration that surpassed all but three other states during a period of time that also saw steep drops in the most serious crimes.

Formerly-incarcerated advocates say the process to clear criminal records is cost and time-prohibitive. A bill in the Kentucky legislature aims to automate the process.

Kentucky has some of the highest incarceration rates in the country. But state lawmakers ignored most efforts to address the issue and its root causes, instead passing measures that are likely to worsen overcrowding in jails and prisons.

A report published last week found that Kentucky’s incarceration rates are the worst in its region, topping Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia,…

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Kentucky has the 9th highest incarceration rate in the nation. The commonwealth is seeing an increasing prison population at the same time the national…

A new report states Kentucky has the highest percentage of children in the nation who have had a parent in jail. The Annie E. Casey Foundation reports…