Three migrants sent to Guantánamo said they were denied calls to loved ones, subjected to humiliating strip searches and left ...

It’s not an understatement to say prisoner CNAs are the backbone of the prison medical system. For this work, we earned $1.75 ...

Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, one of the world's most notorious drug lords, built an empire on power, fear, and strategic ...

Last fall, the Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) confirmed that at least six inmates burned themselves — though ...

Criminal justice reform advocates called for stiffer regulations at the Broome County jail in wake of state prison strikes, ...

Prisoners spend 23.5 hours a day locked in their cells, with a brief, daily 30-minute window for exercise or religious activities in a central hallway.

Axel Rudakubana murdered three innocent little girls during his frenzied knife attack on a children's Taylor Swift-themed ...

The unexpected transfer to the West Virginia prison known as “Misery Mountain” caused me to wonder: Was I being retaliated against?

This story first appeared in New York Focus, a non-profit news publication investigating New York state politics. Sign up for their stories at nysfocus.com/newsletter. New York’s state prison ...

Research shows that imposing longer sentences harms inmates and society. There are less expensive − and more effective − ways ...

Two guards were killed when armed assailants helped Mohamed Amra escape from a prison convoy last May, prompting a ...

New York’s prison guards have railed against the solitary confinement law, the 2021 Humane Alternatives to Long-Term (HALT) ...