I was one of the researchers in the well-known Stanford prison experiment in 1971, demonstrating the destructive dynamics that are generated when one group of people — randomly assigned as “guards” — ...

Over the last several decades, the United States earned the title of “incarceration nation.” From 1980-2020, this country led the world in sending people to jails and prisons and incarcerated a larger ...

Prisons across the U.S. are experiencing critical staffing shortages and a new study says that the prison complex may never recover ... so changes are coming. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

Experts discuss the threats coronavirus outbreaks in prison pose for the country Some inmates at Alabama state prison facilities asking for help amid the novel coronavirus pandemic highlighted what ...

A N.J. appeals court rules that the state Department of Corrections 'failed' to conduct a meaningful investigation.

More than 2,000 prison workers participating in an unsanctioned strike have been fired, the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision announced on Monday. DOCCS Commissioner Daniel ...

The Department of Corrections and Community Supervision is going to release some inmates early because of ongoing staffing shortages in the wake of the prison strike. A memo from Commissioner Daniel ...

William Marshall speaks during a West Virginia legislative meeting in December 2023. President Trump is appointing Marshall to head the Federal Bureau of Prisons. (Will Price / West Virginia ...

What it’s intended to do is to lock up the most dangerous sexual offenders until they are safe to rejoin society,” a state ...

BOISE – Soon after an ambush at a Boise hospital last year injured three correctional officers when a prison transport turned dangerous, the director of the state’s prison system said he made ...

People who are incarcerated can incur charges for court proceedings, restitution, parole and a variety of services. In ...