Richland Correctional Institution officially opened The New Chapter store, providing inmates leaving prison with clothes they will need to begin anew.

Jacksonville hires CGL to guide one-year search for site to build new county jail. Town halls will let public voice opinions ...

Medicaid is now paying for health care in jails and prisons, helping smooth inmates’ return to the community. Corrections and law enforcement officials say they’re all for it.

Canada’s prison service is converting a historic heritage building in downtown Edmonton from a prison for men into one for ...

The most recent attempt to pass legislation that would create an independent statewide jail oversight body has faltered after facing opposition from law enforcement groups and city and county ...

In-person visits at Maguire Correctional Facility in Redwood City are suspended for 14 weeks starting this fall for elevator repairs, leaving families to rely on video calls.

The United States’ federal prison system no longer offers gender-affirming care to incarcerated trans people under a new ...

The disgraced film producer described being physically assaulted while waiting to use a phone and said inmates constantly demand money.

The former Hollywood producer was first accused of sexual misconduct by more than 80 women in October 2017 ...

Nicholas Reyes, an assistant math professor at UT Austin, organizes a fundraiser for the Texas Prison Education Initiative every year. The program helps students land on their feet when they get out ...

After spending his final hours blinded in a medically induced coma, Ian Huntley's mother was reportedly handed the burden of turning his life-support machine off ...

Rodney Reid recounts his experience in Rikers Island, describing the brutal conditions he endured during years spent in ...