The Washington State legislature, facing tough budget times, is considering expanding a program that rewards inmates for good behavior behind bars. The law provides for inmates to get their ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia prison officials have agreed to give more inmates enhanced earned sentence credits for good behavior to allow for earlier releases from prison. The Washington Post ...

Changes to the California correctional system’s Good Conduct Credit (GCC) program took effect Saturday, increasing the rate at which “incarcerated individuals are able to receive credits for ...

More than 63,000 inmates convicted of violent crimes will be eligible for good behavior credits that shorten their sentences by one-third instead of the one-fifth that had been in place since 2017.

Sacramento District Attorney Schubert and 40 other California DAs are asking state prison official to halt new good-conduct credit rules for inmates.

Proponents have suggested the change will incentivize and reward inmates for good behavior, or seeking educational and rehabilitation programs while incarcerated. Locally, law enforcement ...

Some inmates at the Washington County Detention Center have been able to earn credits toward early release for good behavior ...

Inmates in the main exercise yard at Folsom State prison in Folsom in 2017. A Sacramento judge has rejected a request to stop the state’s new credit system for good behavior in state prisons ...

Nevada's appeals court says a 60-year-old former state prison inmate is eligible to recover the value of 48 days of good behavior credits that were taken from him without a hearing just a month ...

Herbst stands outside Norwich Superior Court to announce his "Six Point Plan to Restore Law and Order in Connecticut" Credit: Alyssa Hurlbut / CTMirror.org Norwich – Republican gubernatorial ...