The writers urge Washington lawmakers to pass the Judicial Discretion Act, allowing judges to modify some prison sentences.

Correctional officers’ strikes are erupting across New York State, with protestors calling for better working conditions. The ...

The Stanford Prison Experiment, conducted in 1971, aimed to study the effects of power and authority but quickly spiraled ...

Edna Larrabee and Beulah Brunelle wouldn’t stay behind bars and were among the state’s most elusive prisoners.

The Russian government released a U.S. citizen detained on charges of possession of a small amount of marijuana ahead of ...

Correction officers at prisons across the state are striking again on Tuesday. The staff are protesting working conditions ...

The outcome of the appeal, brought by GEO Group, could set important legal precedent on wages for detainees who work in ...

Faliu Titialii, 52, admitted to opening at least 53 pieces of mail that weren’t hers at a distribution center in 2023.

A court in India’s western Goa state has sentenced a 31-year-old man to life in prison for raping and murdering an Irish ...

A Kingston man is home from prison after participating in the Jan. 6 riot at U.S. Capitol. His time behind bars changed his ...

Under the Illinois public records law, AP obtained a list of 406 inmates housed at Stateville as of August 2024 and matched each with the prison to which they’d been transferred, noting its security ...

Washington state has tried to impose standards on a migrant detention center in Tacoma. Private prison company GEO Group says ...