With accounts of overcrowded cells, filth-choked showers, and a kitchen sink that drained directly onto the floor, a new ...

The prison on a forbidding island off San Francisco was operated at a prohibitive cost. Now, President Trump says it's time ...

President Donald Trump has announced he wants to reopen California's notorious and historic prison off the coast of San ...

President Trump said on May 4 he wants to reopen the infamous Alcatraz prison. It closed in 1963 because it was too expensive to operate.

Discover the 18 Worst Prisons in the US [2025 Edition], delving into the high-security jails notorious for harsh inmate ...

HALT Act was a common-sense measure to end prolonged solitary confinement –– which the U.N. has described as torture.

The GEO Group is accused of forcing detained immigrants to perform essential facility labor for as little as $1 per day, ...

Like local jails nationwide, Montana’s small holding facilities have become institutions of last resort as patients in mental ...

Understaffing and overcrowding in prisons are causing unsafe conditions, low retention rates, and a higher suicide rate among ...

Macon Mayor Lester Miller addressed the need to fix unsafe and unsanitary jail conditions after a number of incarcerated ...

According to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, 21-year-old Romario Casey suffered severe burns when another inmate threw hot water through his cell door.