The report cited a lack of transparency in death data, and the organization called for the prison system to require autopsies for all who die in custody and update its definitions of death. “The ...

An unlikely partnership between a former police officer and a former inmate is helping the Bureau of Prisons make America safe again.

America’s federal prisons are decaying and overcrowded, contributing to violence among inmates and undermining opportunities for rehabilitation. But thanks to an infusion of federal cash authorized by ...

If that’s not aggravating enough, every morning, when I’m lying down in my bunk here at Eastern Correctional Facility, a max prison located in Napanoch, New York, I’m forced to hear the same prisoner ...

Three men serving life sentences in the California prison system, two of whom have visible Nazi face tattoos, are accused of ...

Inside Jared Kushner's personal crusade to reform America's prisons Amid the daily turmoil and intrigue of President Donald Trump’s West Wing, senior adviser Jared Kushner has been quietly pursuing a ...

States of all political stripes, including Oklahoma, North Dakota and Massachusetts, have sent officials to tour prisons in Germany in search of ways to improve conditions for American inmates. At ...

The settlement also will ensure Adbdul Maalik Muhammad, born Gregory Holt, is able to continue legal work on behalf of ...

(WJAR) — Three inmates of Native American ancestry are suing Rhode Island’s prison system, claiming their religious rights are being violated by not being allowed to participate in ceremonies and have ...

Just days after being pardoned by Donald Trump, reality TV star Todd Chrisley used his platform to call out the racism he witnessed firsthand in federal prison—shining a rare spotlight from within the ...

President Bernardo Arévalo called an overhaul of his country’s prison system an “absolute priority” after 20 inmates accused ...