Correctional systems
Nebraska prisons staff, visitors must now wear masks

Apr. 02, 2020 06:51 PM EDT
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Prisons officials on Thursday announced that all staff and visitors to the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services building in...

State copes with jobless surge, more prison workers infected

By Susan Haigh And Dave Collins Apr. 02, 2020 06:13 PM EDT
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut officials are struggling to handle an overwhelming number of unemployment claims stemming from the coronavirus outbreak that...

Customers wear masks as they shop at a grocery store in Glenview, Ill., Thursday, April 2, 2020. Wearing a mask in public helps slow the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Suit seeks Illinois inmates' release due to coronavirus

By Michael Tarm And Kathleen Foody Apr. 02, 2020 04:51 PM EDT

New Hampshire to get $11.7M to help communities, homeless

By Kathy Mccormack Apr. 02, 2020 03:37 PM EDT
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire is getting an additional $11.7 million from the massive federal coronavirus relief package to help community service...

Juvenile detention center to close in Santa Fe County

Apr. 02, 2020 03:09 PM EDT
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A county youth detention center in northern New Mexico is scheduled to close after commissioners raised concerns about rising costs and a...

In this Sunday, March 29, 2020, photo, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks during a news conference at the state Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., to provide an update on the novel coronavirus. Beshear announced a new order Monday, March 30 instructing Kentucky residents to avoid traveling to other states in another aggressive step to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. (Ryan C. Hermens/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP)
Kentucky to release some inmates in response to coronavirus

By Bruce Schreiner Apr. 02, 2020 03:08 PM EDT

Medical staffers at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, N.C., screen a patient at a drive-thru COVID-19 screening site outside the emergency department. (Scott Sharpe/The News & Observer via AP)
Legislative cafeteria worker tests positive for COVID-19

By Gary D. Robertson And Jonathan Drew Apr. 02, 2020 03:04 PM EDT

Texas city orders residents to cover mouth, nose amid virus

By Juan A. Lozano Apr. 02, 2020 02:04 PM EDT
HOUSTON (AP) — Residents in one Texas city are being required to wear something that covers their nose and mouth when they’re out in public during the...