Prison officials often say that strip searches are necessary to keep contraband, including weapons and drugs, outside of prisons. This is a worthy goal, but research suggests that strip searches don’t ...

After 35 years of failing reports and climbing suicide rates, a federal judge is appointing an outsider to propose fixes for ...

The author said her legislation would allow prisons to continue what they have probably been doing all along but would codify privacy and safety protections for inmates and others.

Corderius Johnson has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of Joseph Hamilton. Johnson said ...

A Connecticut correction officer was stabbed in the neck last summer, and deploying a caustic pepper spray on recalcitrant ...

The penal systems in Norway, Sweden and Denmark are internationally known for their focus on rehabilitation and reintegration ...

Prisoners' requests for compassionate release are usually denied, but Harold Klump's compelling circumstances convinced a ...

They wear casual prison attire, surrounded by a gritty environment Since ... It's also isolating, even in the crowded common ...

The women’s area was equally as appalling, crowded with half naked women, drunk, sometimes deranged, in leg irons and often with their children in tow. After its final rebuild in 1782 the prison was ...

A man incarcerated at Rockview state prison wrote to the county commissioners about the “unintended and reckless impact of potential violence” that he fears some may experience if they are relocated ...