New York must not let the correction officers' strike become an excuse for rolling back criminal justice reforms or worsening conditions for those inside state prisons. All workers deserve good ...

Farmland surrounds much of the prison, and visitors are rare. The 640-acre facility is the largest women’s prison in California, and holds more than 2,000 women, nonbinary and transgender people.

The father of the teenaged arsonist who killed five people in a house fire in Denver’s Green Valley Ranch neighborhood was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison for tax fraud. Thuan Bui ...

With inmate suicide rates at an all-time high, U.S. District Senior Judge Kimberly Mueller said her aim is to force changes in California’s prison mental health system, which a federal judge in ...

The prison also takes into consideration mothers who are inmates and how their relationship with their children has to be adjusted.

eNCA's Masego Rahlaga was taken through this thorough assessment as a pretend awaiting trial accused.

Prison officials often say that strip searches ... the practice conjures the history of enslaved people being regularly stripped naked and paraded in front of potential buyers.

they could receive a “minimum penalty of five years and up to 20 years in prison.” While an American citizen cannot be charged with “domestic terrorism” per se, the term is defined by the ...

THEY WANT TO KNOW WHY AN INMATE WITH SUCH A VIOLENT HISTORY LIKE THIS WAS ALLOWED TO ... OVERNIGHT VISIT WITH AN INMATE AT MULE CREEK STATE PRISON IN IONE JUST BEFORE 3 A.M. LAST NOVEMBER.

"A System Under Siege: Fight for Prison Reform" a CBS6 Power & Politics special, features a dynamic, at times contentious, but also thoughtful conversation about New York's correctional facilities.

The March 18 incident at Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad reportedly unfolded just before 9 a.m. on what authorities describe as a “dayroom floor.” The inmate, Anthony G. Ramirez ...

New research has found that 4 out of 5 males in prison have a history of significant head injury, with many having been exposed to repeated head injuries over time. Currently, adult male prisoners ...