The governor of Barlinnie has defended the decision to release inmates early from the 'pressure cooker' prison ...

The governor of Barlinnie has defended the decision to release inmates early from the 'pressure cooker' prison ...

Contraband in prison and the costs of enforcing the rules is costing the Bureau of Prisons millions. A better solution may be ...

Juan (Diego Calva) is a human rights lawyer, working hard for his clients and with a heavily pregnant wife at home. Visiting an overcrowded prison to meet with a prisoner he’s set to defend in an ...

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss President Trump's third week back in office, DOGE and Elon Musk's efforts to downsize the federal government, working across the aisle in the ...

Former reality TV star Todd Chrisley, 55, is once again claiming he is being mistreated while serving his prison sentence and ...

Republicans on a Georgia Senate committee have proposed a solution to the overcrowding problem at the Fulton County Jail, but not everyone in metro Atlanta supports their idea.

Updated plans for Cuyahoga County’s new jail calls for spending $890 million on an 1,886-bed complex along Interstate 480 in ...

The Trump administration and the president of El Salvador said they struck a deal allowing the U.S. to ship detained migrants ...

The Ministry of Justice has responded following reports Southport killer Axel Rudakubana was beaten up in his cell at Strangeways ... his safety among general prison population.

Screengrab from KGW A man who was detained at a Washington county jail has scars from when he was tied to a rope and dragged across his cell floor ... three years in prison after he was convicted ...

Research shows 37 new prisons have been built in Australia since 2000. But the evidence shows increased incarceration doesn’t help reduce crime.