New York’s prisons are teeming with aging inmates at increasing costs to the taxpayer, and people are no safer from crime, ...

Michael Stoney said new early release laws were necessary for staff and inmates at Barlinnie prison in Glasgow ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration says it's recommending the closure of Rockview state prison and the Quehanna boot camp ...

Rowan Wilson, the chief judge of New York State’s highest court, used his State of the Judiciary address to push back against ...

Fresh food was easy to come by when Teri Castle began serving time in the West Virginia Department of Corrections.

Israel has begun releasing dozens of Palestinian prisoners after Hamas freed three Israeli hostages. It is the latest such exchange under the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip that took hold last month.

In a warehouse-style room at the Central California Women's Facility outside Chowchilla, Jesse Vasquez stood before a group of very attentive women in prison-issue denims. They were prospective ...

The sudden collapse of the Syrian government and President Bashar Assad’s flight to Russia in December marked a dramatic ...

Steve Coleman was kept for 21 months after his parole date because the state could not find a nursing home placement.

The Trump administration is using federal prisons to detain some people arrested in its immigration crackdown.

It’s common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro is proposing to close two state prisons and two community corrections centers in a cost-saving measure that ...