Girls who are in state custody for committing crimes are being moved back to the Ware Youth Center, a privately-runfacility ...

When the state of Illinois shut down the century-old, maximum-security prison last year, nearly four of every five inmates ended up being sent to less-secure sites, The Associated Press found.

When the Illinois Department of Corrections shut down the century-old Stateville Correctional Center in September, officials transferred 278 inmates convicted of murder and dozens more serving time fo ...

At 21 years old, Yehudah Pryce was a gang member facing 24 years in a maximum security California state prison for armed ...

As the metal prison doors swing shut behind her, Kathryn Whiteley PhD finds herself staring into the eyes of one of America’s most prolific female killers.

There’s language in the Arkansas Constitution that has exceptions for slavery or involuntary servitude, but a bill recently filed in the Arkansas House is looking to erase that.

This is not in any way lessening due process for those who are convicted and are facing the death penalty,” said Rep. Bruce ...

“It is a mirage, but it’s also insane,” Koh said in an interview with POLITICO Magazine.

Trump's transphobic order is now blocked nationwide, thanks to three trans inmates and an LGBTQ+ advocacy org.

El Salvador has offered to take in people deported from the U.S. for entering the country illegally and to house some of the country’s violent criminals — even if ...

A group protested Elon Musk’s government-cutting efforts outside the state’s only Tesla showroom in South Burlington Thursday. There’s not enough space in Franklin and Grand Isle’s ...