Grant Hardin, the one-time Arkansas police chief who escaped from prison where he was serving sentences for murder and rape, has been recaptured, according to the Izard County Sheriff’s Office.

Grant Hardin, the one-time Arkansas police chief who escaped from prison where he was serving sentences for murder and rape, has been recaptured, according to the Izard County Sheriff’s Office.

The state prison population last year was 17,689. Three years before, state prisons incarcerated about 2,000 fewer people. In 2021, that total was 15,865, 92% male.

Women who were allegedly recorded during strip searches by prison guards' body cameras told Newsweek in exclusive interviews that the mental and emotional aftermath has led to fear, anger and the ...

At a recent symposium at San Quentin prison, a group of district attorneys from across California met with inmates to talk about the state's model of prison reform.

For a third consecutive time, a bill requiring prisons to have air conditioning has likely died in the Texas Senate. House Bill 3006, by state Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, which would have ...

Without reforms to sentencing, the prison population is projected to increase to up to 105,000 by 2029. In September 2024, prison overcrowding resulted in the emergency early release of around ...

New York's prison system faces potential reform after a fatal incident and historic strike, sparking debates on progressive versus punitive approaches.

The prison population is projected to increase to up to 105,000 by 2029 unless changes are made.

Something remarkable happened last week, though it didn’t get the attention it deserved: A long and brutal war came to an end. For more than four decades, the Kurdish militant group known as the ...

6."I got locked up in a women's prison when I was 21. When you first get there, they ask if you're addicted to anything. If you said benzos or alcohol, they dosed you up with Klonopin.

The Legislative Analyst’s Office has calculated that California’s prison population — which, despite Prop 36’s additional inmates, is still estimated to start dropping again in 2027 ...