A word exists for a prison that “functions outside a judicial system” and where “prisoners are not indicted or convicted of ...

Trump has spent months talking about deporting American criminals. The White House has said it’s a real idea. Maybe we should ...

Maybe it's just a sign of our angry and divided times, but I'm finding that critics often don't read past the headline or the ...

Donald Trump and Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele discussed the U.S. deporting people to El Salvador's prisons in the Oval ...

Washington — President Trump again said his administration is "looking into" how to send "homegrown criminals" who are ...

El Salvador’s offer to open its prison system to American inmates is an unusual one; generally, criminals are not an import of choice. Bukele, however, is an enterprising businessman as well as ...

The U.S. has sent hundreds of people to the notorious mega-prison in El Salvador known as CECOT. William Brangham discussed ...

The president admitted that he’s unfamiliar with relevant U.S. laws, but he nevertheless “loves” the idea of locking up some ...

The artists and writers are men and women in prison—some serving decades in detention, others awaiting execution. The ...

Supporters of the union, which represents 30,000 prison employees, fear the move will worsen an ongoing staffing crisis.

President Trump said Sunday he would “love” to send American inmates to El Salvador’s mega-prison but first needs to check if it’s legal. Speaking with reporters on Air Force One ...

The American prison system wasn’t built to fail. But right now it’s struggling. I’ve seen it from both sides. A gang leader in my youth, I spent 14 years in prison, facing a 100-year ...