In a brief but emotional hearing at the Statehouse Wednesday, advocates for prison reform in Alabama applauded a legislative ...

A Newfoundland judge was critical of the "jail not bail" movement during a hearing on Tuesday in Harbour Grace, where a man accused of repeatedly stealing from homes in the Conception Bay North area ...

Alabama is headed into an unusual week where Hollywood buzz, unlikely political alliances, and a searing prison documentary are converging to force new scrutiny of the state’s correctional system. On ...

Sento, a mother of two, was serving a one-year prison sentence until a few days ago. On this International Women’s Day, her time behind bars has come to an end ...

A bipartisan group of senators is requesting that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) review the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) handling and release of documents related to the investigation ...

The Bureau of Prisons has failed to properly administer the First Step Act, resulting in tens of thousands of inmates being ...

Officials say the goal of moving about 150 inmates out of the jail has been met, but overcrowding remains due to slow ...

Under elderly parole, inmates 50 or older who served 20 years or more could be eligible for a parole hearing — regardless of ...

Alice Marie Johnson recently stepped into the White House, not as an inmate but as Donald Trump’s newly appointed “pardon czar. ” This moment coincided with a Black History Month event, where Trump ...

The first tranche of ‘Mandelson papers’ has raised further questions about the prime minister’s judgement – and it is time that his mistake in appointing the former ambassador was explained in full, a ...

John Tyson, John Mathes and Jim Ferguson explain eight policies that would help inmates become productive members of society.