Beth Schwartzapfel is an investigative reporter covering the criminal justice system with The Marshall Project. She joined ...

Gabfest Reads is a monthly series from the hosts of Slate’s Political Gabfest podcast. Recently, Emily Bazelon talked with ...

Arkansas prison leaders are facing renewed scrutiny over a widely publicized prison escape. In May, inmate Grant Hardin ...

A Western North Carolina man will spend at least 4 decades in prison for child sex crimes. Court records say Timothy Foster ...

South Dakota lawmakers are expected to decide whether to build a new men’s prison in Sioux Falls during a special session ...

Arkansas legislative leaders pressed state corrections officials Tuesday to acknowledge that a May prison escape resulted from systemic failures rather than solely the actions of two employees.

Previous studies suggest people are at highest risk for an overdose exiting prison or jail. A $1.1 million, 5-year clinical ...

We are pushing for the state to not only close prisons permanently and not reopen or sell them, but then to try and transform the conditions of the prison… detoxify the land, give it back to the local ...

As we get closer to a special legislative session centered around a new men's prison in South Dakota, the Minnehaha County ...

Summerville is being held in the custody of the United States Marshal until he is transported to a federal prison.

A 46-year-old Lake Mathews man who sexually abused three girls, at least one of whom was in the Riverside County foster care system, was bound for state prison Wednesday to serve a nine-year term, ...

With female officers and inmates being sexually assaulted by male officers in the prison system, an independent inquiry must ...