A decision whether to mandate air conditioning inside Texas prisons is in the hands of a federal judge, as advocacy organizations try to force the state to address what they allege are dangerous, ...

The Prison Policy Initiative has released data showing that incarceration rates in the US are rising again after a temporary ...

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May 4 (UPI) --President Donald Trump Sunday announced plans to reopen Alcatraz, the notorious prison in San Francisco that housed some of the nation's most infamous and dangerous criminals in the ...

Lockdown: Who Are the People Behind Bars in the United States? Almost 80% of women in state prisons lack a high school degree; 15% were homeless at least once in the year before their arrest; and 65% ...

Across Maryland’s prison system, incarcerated workers assemble furniture, sew clothing, and even manufacture cleaning chemicals. In spite of making the state more than $50 million annually in revenue, ...

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 ...

10 States with the highest prison population per capita Welcome back to the world according to Briggs. today we are looking at states that will throw you in prison without a second thought. These are ...

Steven Amos feels hopeful for once. He’s finishing a drug and alcohol treatment program, living in a halfway house, and working a new job, doing carpentry. “I love anything outdoors,” he said. “I’m ...