Khaira Howard, 28, had shared concerns about prison conditions, including toxic mold, with a state lawmaker's office and a ...

Overcrowding has worsened conditions at the Mecklenburg County jail in recent months, people held there told The Charlotte ...

The committee raised concerns about several safety issues in prisons, including escapes and the unnatural deaths of inmates.

Overcrowding, negligence by prison officials, and a lack of training among warders are among the factors contributing to ...

The Colorado Senate on Wednesday approved a bill to strengthen a 2018 law meant to speed up the release of eligible people behind bars when state prisons are too full. Senate Bill 26-36 makes several ...

A Cape Town content creator shared her experience dining inside Pollsmoor Prison’s Idlanathi restaurant, where inmates prepared and served meals to visitors The unusual setting sparked mixed reactions ...

Thailand’s prisons remained overcrowded, understaffed and below international human rights standards in 2025, according to a new report by the Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights ...

Education and housing are among the most urgent issues facing Baltimore County today. Over the next few years, these two concerns are likely to collide spectacularly — the way hot and cold air, when ...

The UK’s latest law on sentencing came into force on March 22. Among other changes, the new law means that, in England and Wales, people who would previously have been sent to prison for short ...

The Polis administration is asking for hundreds of millions of dollars to expand the state’s prison system, just as Colorado’s legislators are bracing for a worsening fiscal outlook. The request sets ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Families, former inmates and former corrections staff packed a State House committee room to describe what they called ongoing violence, extortion and unsafe, overcrowded ...