My mother used to send taffy to brighten life behind bars. Facing the holidays is grim under New York’s new rules.

Odisha jail food quality suffered due to contractors underbidding on government contracts. With bids as low as Rs 61 per inmate/day against the approved Rs 80, nutritional standards were compromised.

Inmates and staff at the Washington County jail will be receiving a little Christmas “hope” this season. It will come in the form of “Hope Packs,” a special package consisting of many Christmas ...

With each package being worth about $7, that’s an estimated $140,000 in donations, Jamison said. Any excess matching the prison’s specifications will go to Columbia-area prisons for inmates ...

and providing Hope Packs is a practical and tangible way to demonstrate that to the inmates and the jail and prison staff members.” Officials say Good News Global began distributing packages to ...