America talks about recidivism as if it were a mystery. It isn’t. It is a predictable outcome of how we run prisons. The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics has tracked what happens after release for ...

Years ago, while in county lockup, I came across a Dylan Thomas poem I didn’t fully understand. It read: “Do not go gentle into that good night… Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” I liked the ...

The Remedy Project trains students to help incarcerated people file grievances, expose abuse, and, in some cases, secure ...

Documentaries serve as a flashlight in a dark room – casting light on subjects, people, things, that you may not be privy to. And when a documentary is done with journalistic integrity, it can be as ...

A decision whether to mandate air conditioning inside Texas prisons is in the hands of a federal judge, as advocacy ...

Prison guards in New York say the state's correctional system is in crisis. Both guards and inmates are pleading with the state to fix what they say is a broken system.

COLUMBIA, S.C. – More drones are being detected flying over U.S. prisons than ever before, and federal regulations make it harder for state prisons to do anything about it. Advancements in drone ...

The legislature’s budget stalemate has hit North Carolina’s prison system hard, making it difficult to pay bills and keep enough staff to safely operate its 55 facilities. Starting pay for ...

Peter Sarsgaard has branded the US prison system "wrong and broken". The Bride! star, 54, believes overcrowding behind bars is "terrible" and there is a "problem" with young offenders being handy ...