It's also a reminder of the disarray that ensues from strikes put on by state employees, who hold monopolies on public goods.

A historian answers Bolts readers’ questions on the deep roots of forced labor in U.S. prisons, how it operates today, and efforts to challenge it.

A 47-year-old ex-prison guard from Kapolei pleaded guilty Monday to raping female inmates while he worked at the Federal Detention Center Honolulu, according to a plea agreement with the U.S.

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

New York officials have started to fire state prison guards who failed to comply with a deal to end their illegal labor strike, which is now in its third week.

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr told 11Alive in an exclusive interview with Angelina Salcedo the case felt all too familiar.

An inmate in a Georgia state prison was sentenced to nearly 20 years in federal prison from crimes involving a child.

A 61-year-old inmate died over the weekend at one of the New York prisons where National Guard troops were deployed to ...