Prison movies are perhaps the most captivating of all movies, as the following films illustrate. From grim portrayals of life ...

Prisoners spend 23.5 hours a day locked in their cells, with a brief, daily 30-minute window for exercise or religious ...

President Bukele, who labels himself as the "coolest dictator" and a "philosopher king," has built election success and ...

The lockup currently houses thousands of members of gangs that terrorized the Central American country for decades.

Under an unprecedented deal reached this week, El Salvador has agreed to accept deportees from the US of any nationality, ...

The embattled Theranos founder, who is serving a federal prison sentence until 2032, is speaking out about her life after being convicted.

Juan (Diego Calva) is a human rights lawyer, working hard for his clients and with a heavily pregnant wife at home. Visiting an overcrowded prison to meet with a prisoner he’s set to defend in an ...

“The Alabama Solution” is one of the most powerful exposés of the inhumanity of the American prison system I’ve ... The full humanity of these men is something that’s too easy to brush ...