It’s been six months since the state resumed control of the Lawrenceville Correctional Center. It was the only privately ...

I was recently moved to a prison cell with a window after years without one. I never realized how much I’d taken the snow for granted.

President Nayib Bukele has offered to jail deported criminals from the United States. His prisons have earned him a ...

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

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is exploring whether he can send American criminals jailed ...

On July 24, 2024, pro-life activist Bevelyn Williams was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Rochon to 41 months in prison for protesting outside an abortion clinic.

Here is our only interaction with human life.”   Cedar Annenkovna reaches through the 12-inch slot on the cell door. The steel bars reach well above her head and anchor into a cement block in the ...

Living in New York City comes with its quirks. However, for one woman the real estate gods have outdone themselves.

The Jinx' director Andrew Jarecki exposes shocking conditions in Alabama's prisons in the Sundance premiere documentary 'The ...

Shyir McCoy's shooting happened when a gunman fired from a Hyundai that was seen weaving down the street in a manner reminiscent of behavior linked to the Kia Boyz car-theft ring.

The history of enslaved firefighters offers a cautionary tale about the dangers of relying on involuntary labor to fight ...

Japanese Americans held in prison camps were allowed to return home. But much of what they'd left behind was gone: homes, ...