Content warning: Discussions of murder, rape, and assault. Recently, we featured stories from formerly incarcerated people ...

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is being flown to the Netherlands to face an International Criminal Court charge ...

Dominique Pelicot, 72, was sentenced to 20 years in prison over the attacks on his wife Gisele that lasted for more than a ...

Joaquin [Phoenix] and I even got nominated for a Razzie, which is an award for the worst films of the year ... Gaga jokes about returning to SNL more than 10 years after her previous time hosting ...

Lawmakers are taking a hard look at prison sentences in Maryland this spring, but from two dramatically different points of ...

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ March 3 The Washington Post on Guantanamo Bay Since President George W. Bush opened the facility in 2002, at the height of the ...

A historian answers Bolts readers’ questions on the deep roots of forced labor in U.S. prisons, how it operates today, and ...

Away from the noise, a national crackdown on undocumented migrants rolls out, fueling fear across communities—and promising soaring profits for the private prisons ... they will get more money from ...

There has only been one physical altercation in the unit since it became fully operational in 2022 following the worst ... Nordic prisons are internationally recognized for their community-based ...

The day before state authorities announced plans to restrict inmate movement and revoke visits and other privileges, three ...

Whole life orders are the most severe punishment available in the UK criminal justice system for those who commit the most ...

Research shows that many inmates serving long-term or life sentences continue to cause trouble even behind bars. A University ...