After Rolette County defendants asked a judge to dismiss a case filed by the family of a 19-year-old who died in custody, the ...

Senate panel approved a $7M contract boost for CoreCivic after fining the private prison company nearly $30M for contract ...

In the final part of Chasing Einstein, we look at what happened after the mystery man was revealed and his explanation for ...

They’re known as “frog men,” inmates who are forced to sleep on prison floors across the Dominican Republic, often next to ...

The question of how to care for incarcerated patients in hospitals is an urgent one. We can’t afford to get it wrong.

The House has 269 bills and the Senate has 219 this Legislative session. This amount is fewer than previous years.

Reports expose fatal flaws in prison inmate classification, leading to murders in Arizona and Tennessee jails.

When individuals are incarcerated, we as a society expect prison custodians will provide adequate medical needs.” ...

An inmate at the state prison in Skippack Township must answer to charges in Montgomery County Court that he fatally beat ...

A federal complaint accuses several deputies of “deliberate indifference” and violations of the man’s constitutional rights.

This story was originally published by Grist. 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 ...