After numerous detainee death lawsuits in recent months, the J. Reuben Long Detention Center may seek another medical care company.

The state spent $294.4 million on inmate medical expenditures in 2025, more than $23 million more than the budget the General Assembly appropriated.

Prison Medical Neglect Should Outrage Us All Reform begins when we demand accountability from medical staff in prisons. There must be more thorough oversight and a stronger enforcement of higher medical standards. Legislation should reflect that health care is a human right, not a privilege. 6 minute read October 03, 2025 at 10:11 AM

Editor's Note: On Nov. 20, 2025, nearly a week after The Midwest Newsroom asked the Iowa Department of Corrections to comment for this article, department communications specialist Zach Carlyle emailed this statement: "After reviewing proposals and ...

Measures to improve prison health care access and create stronger safeguards against the denial of care in Mississippi prisons survived the first legislative deadline on Tuesday, but several also died.

To give more seriously ill incarcerated people the opportunity to go home before they die, North Carolina lawmakers expanded the eligibility criteria of prison medical release in 2023. But data obtained by NC Health News shows that more people aren’t ...

The brother of the pre-trial detainee is suing over the man's death, which he believes was preventable with the right care.