The Arizona Department of Corrections will digitize inmate mail, impacting tangible connections for incarcerated individuals ...

A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of 38 current and former inmates in Los Angeles County’s women’s jail claims male staff ...

Emel McDowell was in a New York City jail when a guard yelled out his name. A single envelope slid through the metal bars into his cell. He stared at the return address in disbelief.

Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2025 announced the closure of another prison, a shutdown that's possible because the state is incarcerating far fewer people than it did just a decade ago.

There’s now a dedicated wing in a National City hospital specifically for people in local jails who need medical attention — 10 beds for now, with plans to essentially double that. The secure area at ...

Wisconsin was the first state to let incarcerated people work in the community, letting them save money and pay for room and ...

The Justice Department released a second batch of files Tuesday related to the Epstein investigation, which included several ...

An analysis by The Marshall Project provides a window into what causes thousands of people to die in prisons and jails every ...

The last of three inmates who escaped a St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, jail after removing mortar and concrete blocks from a jail wall has been captured more than two weeks after escaping, authorities ...

OTTAWA — While the numbers of Canadian citizens held in federal prisons continue a downward trend, populations of non-Canadians behind bars continues to rise. But information on where these inmates ...

Inspectors have warned HMP Leeds, in West Yorkshire, recorded the most self-inflicted deaths in men’s prisons over the last three years (Alamy) Vulnerable prisoners inside one of the country’s most ...