A prison reform advocate says she warned staff at a Tucson prison that a prisoner told her he needed to be isolated so that he wouldn't kill anyone. She says her warnings went unheard because he is ...

An Alabama pastor is working to extend the Oscar buzz and attention from a documentary into meaningful reform behind prison walls across the state. Kenneth Sharpton Glasgow, an activist based in ...

10 inmates escaped Orleans Justice Center through a wall breach Lax supervision and faulty infrastructure cited as causes Jail under federal reform order since 2013 viral abuse videos Sheriff Hutson ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Incarcerated men defy the odds to expose a cover-up in America’s deadliest prison system,” reads the logline for the HBO-backed ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - A task force seeking a “Nebraska way” to reduce prison overcrowding and avoid repeat crimes by inmates is calling for a “deeper dive” into ways to improve ...

WASHINGTON — As London Teeter took the podium inside the Elijah Barrett Prettyman United States Court House, nerves were high. "I actually have a really big fear of public speaking,” Teeter said. But ...

Local criminal justice reform advocates are calling on elected officials to ensure the safety of people at the Broome County jail in the wake of recent inmate deaths in the state and strikes by state ...

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ga. — Two days after a deadly riot at Washington State Prison left three men dead and more than a dozen injured, two former Georgia inmates say the violence was not an isolated ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The almost two-week-long manhunt for the Arkansas escaped inmate, Grant Hardin, may now be over, but state lawmakers say the most important questions still remain unanswered.

An inmate of Westgate Correctional Facility has called for an overhaul of the laws governing Bermuda’s prison services to ensure offenders can be released safely and productively back into society. In ...