Jurors took just one hour to convict Felipe Orduna-Torres and Armando Gonzales-Ortega, finding that they were part of a human ...

State officials now say that Stephanie Brinson was strangled-to-death by her husband David Brinson during a visit.

New research has found that 4 out of 5 males in prison have a history of significant head injury, with many having been ...

The pandemic bared the cruelty of prison in new ways. It was a lost opportunity to move away from mass incarceration.

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has sharply reduced violence but is criticized for his authoritarian style and harsh ...

As some information about Black veterans disappears from military websites, Rock Island-native and Los Angeles filmmaker Joy ...

Families and lawyers fear for the deportees who may face indefinite detention in a prison known for human rights abuses.

A video showing rough treatment of deportees over the weekend was an extraordinary depiction by U.S. standards, but not by El Salvador’s.

Not every facility has faced the same fate. One became a popular museum, while others have been sold or are set for costly ...

Trailblazers and role models, both wardens worked their way up through the ranks of the Utah Department of Corrections.