Long sentences and recidivism kept prison populations high for decades, but prisons are now starting to empty.

Researchers have found that, in the United States, individuals who live in a high incarceration county have increased risk for stroke death.

Todd Chrisley is condemning the prison system in a new interview with Lara Trump. Here's what he has to say about the US.

Arizona passes wrongful conviction compensation and prison oversight bills with bipartisan support amid correctional facility ...

Mike Tyson, a global boxing icon, seems ready to step out of the ring and into the spotlight as an advocate for legal reform ...

Luis Padilla, who pleaded guilty to the charge of deprivation of rights under the color of law in March, was sentenced in ...

A Cost-Effective Path to Safer Communities and Second Chances, a new report by the American Library Association, explores the ...

ICE's mass deportation agenda threatens to dramatically escalate the use of detention, which is plagued by abuse and neglect, and the Trump administration's detention and deportation agenda diverts ...

Why the study is important: Elevated death rates associated with incarceration emphasize the need for health care interventions both during and after incarceration, especially as the United States ...

A Connecticut family has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit after learning their loved one died while in custody at a ...

During World War II, the United States arrested hundreds of Japanese, German and Italian immigrants from Latin America and ...