When U-46 middle school students head back to class in August, the cellphones and smart watches they bring with them will be ...

When President Donald Trump commuted the federal prison sentence of former Chicago gang leader Larry Hoover, it may have ...

Ashirie Smith, 19, murdered sex offender Mahir Abdulrahman , 31, by brutally stamping on his head and neck inside his cell at ...

In a unique alliance, prisoners at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center and California district attorneys are championing ...

As North Carolina officials look to reduce their use of solitary confinement, several mentally ill inmates have killed ...

Australian TV journalist CHENG LEI endured three years in the Chinese prison system, amid bogus claims of espionage, after breaking a media embargo by minutes. In this exclusive edited extract from ...

The audacious feat, one of the biggest jailbreaks in Louisiana history, exploited safety issues in the jail that had previously been cited by federal authorities.

Casey Smith, 30, was arrested on Thursday for allegedly assisting two of the 10 inmates who escaped from the Orleans Justice ...

Jails in Cleveland and other cities don’t provide direct access to sunlight and fresh air – even when their own policies ...

Australian TV journalist CHENG LEI endured three years in the Chinese prison system, amid bogus claims of espionage, after breaking a media embargo by minutes. In this exclusive edited extract from ...

An exhibition featuring work from incarcerated artists highlights links between environmental and climate injustice and the ...

A correctional officer at California Medical Facility in Vacaville was attacked and injured while trying to remove an inmate ...