Long sentences and recidivism kept prison populations high for decades, but prisons are now starting to empty.

It’s a regime that the United States has been exporting in various incarnations since its birth. During the 18th century, European thinkers began circulating ideas about criminals paying dues in ...

Year after year, the United States beats out much larger countries – India, China – and more totalitarian ones –Russia and the Philippines – for the distinction of having the highest ...

Voters in five states will soon decide whether slavery in the form of prison labor should be prohibited amid prison reform efforts. Skip to content. Subscribe. Search. News; ...

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Amid the daily turmoil and intrigue of President Donald Trump’s West Wing, senior adviser Jared Kushner has been quietly pursuing a personal passion: seeking to improve the lives of roughly 6.7 ...

With the construction of single cells, Philadelphia’s Walnut Street Jail becomes what is considered America’s first prison, for “reflection and repentance.” 1865: After the Civil War, many Southern ...

The Reform Party of the United States of America , generally known as the Reform Party USA or the Reform Party, is a political party in the United States, founded in 1995 by Ross Perot. Perot said ...

In 2022 an inmate moved to Rikers Island women’s prison in New York received a seven-year sentence for attempted rape. cdcr responds that all requests “are reviewed by a multidisciplinary ...