Stillwater facility’s proposed closing prompts a look at the architectural significance of correctional centers in Minnesota.

Special housing units that provide increased therapy for those incarcerated are more helpful than putting a person solitary ...

The Michener garden bed installation traces the approximate footprint of three original cells from the Bucks County Jail’s ...

The ACLU is claiming that a federal prison in Leavenworth, Kansas, is breaking the law and violating the rights of ICE ...

The recent escapes follow several other high-profile breakouts, like that of Danilo Cavalcante, a convicted murderer who ...

Jails in Cleveland and other cities don’t provide direct access to sunlight and fresh air – even when their own policies ...

It’s a stressful time of year for teens. There’s looming exams, endless revision and lots of decisions to make about the ...

The House and Senate approved a pair of bills to purchase the state's last private prison outright for $312 million.

Carolina Miranda, a former columnist for the LA Times, wrote in the Washington Post an op-ed likening El Salvador's infamous ...

A nearly three-minute video, posted online May 14, shows a bloodied inmate being chased and beaten by two others swinging ...

Jails built in the last century often have few windows and little room for recreation and natural light, making them ...