Advocates rallied in the capitol this week in support of an anticipated bill that would, among other reforms, limit solitary ...

Overcrowded Nebraska prisons force some inmates to share cells that were designed for just one person. Experts say this can ...

Immigrants being held inside a federal prison in northeast Kansas and their attorneys reported an unsanitary, inequitable and unhealthy environment that has left people, even those who have won their ...

A decade after he broke out of an upstate New York prison and embarked on a notorious 23-day run with fellow inmate Richard ...

It’s been over a month since inmates at one of Virginia’s maximum security correctional centers – Wallens Ridge-- attacked ...

The Pennsylvania System came up with the idea of solitary confinement. The goal was to have prisoners contemplate their ...

It comes after one staff member required emergency surgery after being stabbed by an inmate at HMP Long Lartin.

Here’s to the men and women who refuse to be intimidated by fear — and here’s to freedom: ours now and my father’s, hopefully soon...' ...

Turkish prisoners have initiated an indefinite hunger strike to protest the severe isolation prevalent in S-, Y-, and R-type ...

Ten years after Kalief Browder’s death by suicide, his story lingers as a reminder of both the horrors of New York City’s ...

"The only way out of there if you're a prisoner, is a body bag," said NBC Chicago’s Chuck Goudie on a recent episode of "The Takeaway with Alex." ...

Imprisoned for over four years and currently in solitary confinement, Lai, 77, faces potential life imprisonment under ...