Death row inmates Derrick Dearman and Jamie Mills were executed last year with traces of meth in their bodies, while Carey Grayson and Kenneth Smith had synthetic drugs in theirs.

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 ...

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

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

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

Staffing shortages at New York prisons have worsened, morale among guards remains low and the lives of incarcerated people ...

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 ...

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

Arizona prison officials are making changes after admitting they wrongfully released prisoner David Cramer two decades early ...