Throughout California prisons, outdoor showers were condemned, water hoses in kitchen areas discontinued, and garbage disposal usage ceased. Numerous drinking fountains were turned off, and ice ...

Justice chiefs are facing calls to adopt a more “humane approach” after it emerged that inmates with intellectual and learning disabilities have faced harsh prison punishments almost 200 times in just ...

While prison disciplinary policies do not cite periods directly, the PPI report identified at least six types of prison policies used to punish menstruating people: These include rules concerning ...

The 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude—except as punishment for a crime. This so-called "Except Clause" has long been used to justify forced ...

An incarcerated person working at a North Carolina prison. As a workaround to a labor shortage, North Carolina is relying on some of its incarcerated workforce to install air conditioning in prisons. ...

Prisoners actually make the meal themselves which has all of the days leftovers like kidney beans, meat, and vegtables.Detention Center Director Willy Bamberg said he has tried taking away inmate ...

Thalia Anthony receives funding from the Australian Research Council. The media spotlight is once again on the issue of prison conditions, as sentencing looms for Erin Patterson – convicted for three ...