Murphy and other state lawmakers gathered in the Capitol’s Memorial Hall on Friday for a reentry simulation hosted by the ...

The Haarlem Koepelgevangenis ("dome prison") is just one of three so-called panopticons in the Netherlands: circular prisons ...

A state law years in the making realized a hope many inmates had once abandoned. But they also face challenges outside prison ...

More than 900 prison firefighters were responding to the crisis in Los Angeles — but their pay is low and the ethics of their ...

Untold is a charity that helps young male prisoners reclaim their story, and Here Design recently rebranded it, engaging ...

We have pieced together accounts from multiple reliable sources to build a picture of everyday life for Nasim and other women, who are currently being held in Evin prison. Many were among the tens ...

A Chinese court sentenced a teenage boy to life in prison on Monday for murdering his classmate, capping a case that sparked a national debate over the treatment of juvenile offenders. Three ...

Lawrence Hecker, the disgraced Louisiana priest who was sentenced to life in prison this month over the rape of a teenage boy decades ago, died in prison at age 93 just days after his sentence was ...

Brutal body camera footage shows a handcuffed inmate being beaten unconscious by prison guards before he ... inhumane act that senselessly took a life,” Martuscello said.

ACCORDING TO HIS ATTORNEY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AT HUNT CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, EARLIER THIS MONTH, HECKER WAS SENTENCED TO MANDATORY LIFE IN PRISON FOR RAPING A TEENAGE BOY IN THE 1970S.

In his latest act of clemency, President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of nearly every incarcerated person on federal death row Dec. 23, including a Buncombe County man convicted and sentenced ...

Riot linked to disputed election results Justice Minister claims riot started inside prison, unrelated to outside protests Over 1,500 escaped, 150 recaptured; rise in crime expected, police ...