The ferry ride out to Alcatraz Island is, as ever, peak San Francisco cold. Even on this sunny June day, it’s cold. Even with ...

A Supreme Court judge in Albany has temporarily restored the HALT Act, the policy that limits solitary confinement which ...

In an innovative program at a jail in Athens, inmates face their past and are given more freedom. The goal? That they stop coming back.

Virginia should end a program that allows prison inmates to reduce their time behind bars for good behavior, because too many ...

"My Dad is 57 and was in and out of prison for years. He still eats with his hand clutched around the utensil and hovers his ...

California sent incarcerated firefighters to battle blazes in Los Angeles this year. It’s moving toward paying them minimum ...

Governor Maura Healey's plan, which is nine times more expensive than a replacement pitched during the tenure of former ...

It’s scary. It’s not your conventional drug,” correction officer Kyle Popec said. He says K2 is turning into a big problem at ...

Two more former prison guards have been charged with sexually abusing female inmates at a federal prison in Dublin which ...

The AFRO supplement on police reform and racial equality was impounded by Florida prison officials, citing security concerns.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr has decided to let prisons and jails keep charging high prices for ...

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announced charges against two dozen prison inmates after a riot. Here’s a look at ...