Faith Ringgold painted a vibrant mural at the Women’s House of Detention on Rikers Island. A few years later, it was whitewashed.

In 1977, Murray was offered a full-time role as the prison’s fine arts instructor, which he held till he retired in 2003 and, ...

As the film tells it, the story of this mural is also that of the crisis at Rikers and of “prison” in spectacular decay — ...

"Seen," at the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis, pairs together artists living inside and outside of prison facilities.

The history of enslaved firefighters offers a cautionary tale about the dangers of relying on involuntary labor to fight ...

"I feel happy. As a mother, I have suffered a lot from not being with my daughter and for the times she has cried without me, ...

Law enforcement agencies from all around the state, including the valley say they are making more arrests now that Proposition 36 has taken effect since Decembe ...

Two years after American R&B singer R. Kelly was sentenced to prison for sex-related crimes, posts on social media claim that he released a new music video while incarcerated. This is false ...

Ulbricht is now free from prison and has had his criminal record wiped. It is currently unknown where he will go next. President Trump has embraced Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, so his ...

In 2015, a judge sentenced Ulbricht, now 40, to life in prison for drug trafficking ... interventionism and an advocate for the idea that free-market capitalism serves a moral purpose.

President Trump defended his decision to pardon most of the Jan. 6 rioters after the release of the first prisoners got underway. The Trump administration also ordered all federal employees hired ...

Trump revoked recent Biden decision to remove Cuba from terrorism blacklist Havana had begun to release prisoners seen by West as political detainees Future of deal and of those still in jail now ...