As Portland weighs expansion of an alternative crisis-response program, new data from a MindSite News-Medill investigation ...

Scared straight” programs don’t work. But that doesn’t mean incarcerated people shouldn’t mentor at-risk kids.

Trump’s white supremacist agenda to detain and deport millions of immigrants has been a boon to the private prison industry.

In a quarterly earnings call, the private prison company told investors that it plans to expand its operations across the ...

Investigators found the Jackson Parish Jail violated state rules 83 times between July and February—12 times more than the ...

Trump's Justice Department has removed questions about gender identity and trans people from at least four federal surveys.

The Department of Justice has terminated all funding for the National Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Resource Center, according to a letter from the National PREA Resource Center obtained by The ...