In the harsh corridors of the American prison system, stories of fear and survival echo through the walls. Among them is ...

Maryland's prison system faces racial disparities and injustice. The Second Look Act could offer a remedy, but it's being ...

While the U.S. criminal justice system is far from perfect, addressing its shortcomings requires reform, not abdication of ...

The new slavery is a shameful mark on our country’s pretenses to respect for human rights and the dignity of every human ...

The Trump administration appears to be considering sending immigrants facing deportation to FCI Dublin, a former federal prison in the Bay Area that was closed after a sexual assault scandal, ...

An American was among three people released from prison by the government of Belarus, the Trump administration announced Wednesday. Adam Boehler, the US special envoy for hostages, told reporters ...

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Two Legislative District 18 lawmakers want to see improvements to South Dakota’s prison system but not through the ...

By Shaila Dewan Leonard Peltier, a Native American rights activist held for nearly half a century for the killing of two F.B.I. agents, was released from a federal prison in Central Florida on ...

Leonard Peltier, center, a Native American activist released from a Florida prison where he had been serving a life sentence in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents, greets well-wishers during a ...

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — The White House is celebrating the release of American schoolteacher Marc Fogel. U.S. officials say he was “wrongfully detained” in Russia when he was arrested back in ...