Solitary confinement, or "the hole," is a costly and unregulated practice that violates human rights, increases mental health diagnoses, and disproportionately affects people of color, with many ...

One of the biggest firms in the industry wants the Roberts court to grant it sovereign immunity. Even the Trump ...

At a meeting Wednesday, Allegheny County Council rejected an effort to overturn a ban on leg shackles at the jail.

Allegheny County Council struck down a measure Wednesday night to partly reverse the ban on restraining prisoners with leg ...

Ohio inmate Tommy Meadows won a $404,000 jury award in a civil rights lawsuit. Meadows was pepper sprayed and put into ...

When the chief inspector of Scotland's prisons visited Glenochil in February, the 668-capacity jail was holding 770 inmates.

Behind bars I watched men beg for help and get turned away because they lacked a formal diagnosis before incarceration.

A disability rights group observed 27 migrants had been placed in solitary confinement during a late September inspection of ...

ALBANY — Before the 22-day strike of state prison staff that’s led to long-lasting troubles in state correctional facilities, inmates and facility staff were reporting an undercurrent of stress, fear ...

Former Rep George Santos, R-N Y , penned an op-ed this week explaining that his recent prison sentence humbled him and helped ...

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will soon be held in solitary confinement inside Paris's notorious La Santé Prison – ...