North Dakota lawmakers took an unusual step on Tuesday, holding a hearing inside the state penitentiary. Their goal was to ...

Jack Doyle, the state’s attorney for the New Haven district, said he was concerned about having to repeatedly reach out to ...

Documents obtained through a public records request by Team 10 show Erik and Lyle Menendez have each had two serious rule violations while in prison in San Diego.

While ideas diverge, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle appear to agree something needs to be done about overcrowding at ...

Mass deportations carried out under Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, an 18th-century wartime law.

The bill would allow judges to reduce sentences under mandatory minimums and would streamline the process of requesting a ...

Marcus Mitchell has advocated for access to a high school education for individuals on death row for nearly two decades. Now, ...

they emerge from prison less prepared to follow the laws than they would have been if they had access to educational programs, therapy and an incentive structure that encouraged rehabilitation ...

The Diet is set to amend Criminal Law provisions for the first time in over a century to emphasize rehabilitation ... programs would also be implemented to ensure that those leaving prison ...

A bill designed to reshape how Washington’s prison ... confinement programs and release options, sparking heated debate over whether it strikes the right balance between rehabilitation and ...