The Old Joliet Prison was open for nearly 150 years and has been closed for more than 20. A section of the prison that has been off limits will open to the public later this month, but not as part of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A scheme to involve prisoners in building homes has been running since 2021 [Getty Images] A former prison governor has said he is ...

A lot of U.S. prisons are closing down, after the industry went through a building boom decades ago. It was a complicated calculus with a lot of social impacts, but it's also hit the economic fortunes ...