The Minnesota Department of Corrections has penalized a county jail for depriving an inmate of food and water for more than two days as punishment after he smeared feces in his cell and refused to ...

The site of the Compton's Cafeteria Riot is now owned by one of the country's largest private prison companies. Locals are ...

Reese, the owner of Queen’s Louisiana Po-boy Cafe on the waterfront side of San Francisco’s Embarcadero, awoke to news that President Donald Trump had said he wanted to turn Alcatraz Island back into ...

With accounts of overcrowded cells, filth-choked showers, and a kitchen sink that drained directly onto the floor, a new ...

For example, more than 70% of the inmates had no pillow during the inspection dates, in July 2024. The ombudsperson ...

The collective hum of hundreds of sewing machine needles ploughing through fabric pierces the air as the prisoners get to ...

Donald W. Maier, 62, died Feb. 22, 2024, one week after prison staff began intermittently shutting off the water to prevent ...

The state Corrections Ombudsperson found the Garden State Youth Correctional Facility needs repairs and deep cleaning.

In the Russian detention facility, Ukrainian prisoners, whether civilians or military, have been subjected to a range of ...

The pair — whose goal was to carry out a crime inspired by the movie Scream — were both sentenced to life in prison, per the Associated Press. During a September 2016 interview with the outlet ...

AP Photo/Bannock County Sheriff's Office via The Idaho State Journal ; NBC News ; AP Photo/Bannock County Sheriff's Office via The Idaho State Journal Brian Draper's mugshot ; Cassie Jo Stoddart ...

We have lived on opposite sides of prison bars. One of us spent 22 years ... In many facilities, staff hired to be nurses, educators, or even food workers are forced to take on patrol and safety ...