This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. After being incarcerated for 19 years, most people would be happy to never step foot in a prison again. But Jesse Vasquez returns week after week ...

TenHaken and Jamison don’t want a new state prison, or any expansion of the prison, built across the Big Sioux River from the ...

"The prison building was designed really to kind of scare the heck out of not only the people inside of it, but the people outside of it." Peerbolte now holds the key to the prison. "You have 40 ...

I was poor, so this was one of the few trips I made outside of Chicagoland in my ... But only when we truly understand the dynamics of the prison-building can we begin to identify and implement ...

The state has slowly pursued building a new women’s prison, one focused on rehabilitation and reentry, according to officials. That facility is tentatively expected to cost about $70 million ...

Meanwhile, Hood heads to a red brick prison building to wait for the shuttle to the death chamber with Littlejohn’s mom and daughter. Outside, more protesters and religious folks arrive ...

CCWF is located outside the small city of Chowchilla ... starting a media center requires approval from the prison’s administration and buy-in from the incarcerated population – a trust-building ...