Overcrowding at Kumasi Central Prison has turned it into a laboratory for treating neglected tropical diseases. The lack of ...

Short jail stays for minor crimes turn deadly when filth and a lack of care let infections run out of control, a USA TODAY ...

A yearlong probe reveals dozens of pregnant women in jails face horrific conditions with limited medical care. Many are ...

A quarter of adults convicted of a crime in 2023 in Wigan have now been convicted for further offences, latest figures show.

People with immigration detainers want to build a better life, but state policies make it difficult or impossible.

The 36-year-old man appeared to be unarmed after police shot him; a 911 called said he was pointing a firearm toward a bar.

Veterans represent nearly 40% of the record number of death warrants Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed in 2025. Should ...

The economic consequences are staggering. Formerly incarcerated individuals face a 51.7 percent wage penalty, costing the U.S ...

Duran spent three years at Rikers and another nine in different maximum-security prisons upstate for manslaughter. He described spending 23 hours a day in solitary confinement as “torture.” He said he ...

Javonte Robinson, 29, is accused of fatally stabbing a man Saturday evening in Mattapan. Police found the stabbing victim at ...

For years, the state’s Department of Corrections cobbled together death records from multiple sources. New data reveals annual totals for the first time.

Dozens of pregnant women locked up in county jails described excruciating pain, saying their cries for help were ignored as ...