Because they make up what Justice Anthony Kennedy years ago called a “hidden world of punishment,” what goes on inside these ...

Experts discuss the threats coronavirus outbreaks in prison pose for the country Some inmates at Alabama state prison facilities asking for help amid the novel coronavirus pandemic highlighted what ...

Over the last several decades, the United States earned the title of “incarceration nation.” From 1980-2020, this country led the world in sending people to jails and prisons and incarcerated a larger ...

Prisons across the U.S. are experiencing critical staffing shortages and a new study says that the prison complex may never recover ... so changes are coming. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

The wife of a prison guard who was killed on Christmas Day 2024 at Ross Correctional Institution in Chillicothe has filed a ...

William Marshall speaks during a West Virginia legislative meeting in December 2023. President Trump is appointing Marshall to head the Federal Bureau of Prisons. (Will Price / West Virginia ...

The Department of Corrections and Community Supervision is going to release some inmates early because of ongoing staffing shortages in the wake of the prison strike. A memo from Commissioner Daniel ...

People who are incarcerated can incur charges for court proceedings, restitution, parole and a variety of services. In Arkansas, they pay a $3 co-pay per sick call, 6 cents per minute for phone calls ...

ATLANTA — A federal report issued Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Justice says Georgia's prison system fundamentally fails to protect incarcerated people from violence and sexual harm in violation ...

What it’s intended to do is to lock up the most dangerous sexual offenders until they are safe to rejoin society,” a state ...