A transgender woman incarcerated in Eastern Kentucky is suing the state's prison system over a plan to cut off her ...

States of all political stripes, including Oklahoma, North Dakota and Massachusetts, have sent officials to tour prisons in Germany in search of ways to improve conditions for American inmates.

The Plainfield man convicted of killing a Palestinian American boy in an October 2023 hate crime has died in the state prison ...

Five Aryan Brotherhood members — Ronald “Renegade” Yandell, William Sylvester, Jason Corbett, Pat “Big Pat” Brady, and Brant “Two Scoops” Daniel — have been transferred from their ...

“Because I dealt with young African-American males in the prison that I was in that were not treated the same. They were denied programming. They were denied access to certain things.

American David Barnes ' appeal to be released from a Russian detention center has been denied, causing prosecutors in Moscow to celebrate while Barnes' friends and family in Alabama fear for his ...

The BOP—the nation’s largest single prison system—has been in a “long-standing crisis” for more than a decade, according to a 2024 inspector general report outlining rampant problems ...

“I have met some wonderful men. I have listened to some horrific stories about things that have gone on in our system,” Chrisley said at the press conference on May 30. “I will continue to ...

As the snake digests the pig year after year, the American prison system is simply not going to have enough inmates to justify its continued size or staggering costs. Some states that are ...

Thirty of the 40 inmates involved in a May 27 “prison riot” at the Jameson Annex in Sioux Falls have ties to gangs, Jackley said. The crimes include simple assault to aggravated assault and ...

Private companies and state governments have long exploited the 13th Amendment to create a profitable agribusiness system that runs on prison slave labor. “If you look at the history of ...