Detainees at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” wear color-coded uniforms and wristbands, and are segregated accordingly. A pet ...

New recommendations for New York’s prison system could help restore order, but some lawmakers say more must be done to keep ...

The information on the negative impacts of solitary confinement policies in prisons is very clear and persuasive. Study after ...

A lawsuit claims that two areas in the New York City jail are designed so that detainees are effectively in solitary ...

As Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was led from the dock at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court to begin his 12-month sentence for ...

An advisory panel of state and union officials established in the wake of the 22-day state correction officer strike earlier ...

A growing wave of criticism is putting pressure on New York lawmakers to revise a controversial prison reform law that correctional officers say has made their jobs more dangerous and fueled a rise in ...

A committee formed by the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision has proposed 10 changes to the Humane ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was put into a prison's segregated housing unit for his own safety, a prison spokesperson said, after Chauvin was found guilty of the ...