Two republican inmates have been placed in Maghaberry prison’s punishment block after a recent escalation in tension at the ...

With a shortage of correctional officers, some Virginia prisons are taking a surprising new approach to discipline – forcing inmates to police one another. If they don’t, everyone is punished.

Family members carried photos of loved ones who have died in prison and photos of state officials with the caption “Blood On ...

Andrew Jarecki & Charlotte Kaufman, co-directors and producers of ‘The Alabama Solution,’ discuss the documentary about the ...

Ohio's death penalty law is in limbo. Supporters and critics agree on one thing: the status quo isn't working.

Jun. 14—ROCHESTER — What punishment fits a prison inmate's "crime" of simply laughing at the warden and his team? For some inmates at the Federal Medical Center in Rochester, it appears that a ...

The question of what should happen to the terrorists who committed the October 7 massacre remains at large. Now, after the ...

A Montgomery pastor who ministers in Alabama prisons told state lawmakers Wednesday that he sees incarcerated men who are ...

Despite being officially designated as “correction centres,” Bangladesh’s prisons remain overcrowded, under-resourced, and far removed from the ideals of rehabilitation. With nearly 79,000 inmates ...