A settlement announced this week now affirms that private immigrant detention facilities are subject to California's ...

For many people, the word prison brings to mind images of high-security walls, strict surveillance, and harsh living ...

A new book investigates how the U.S. criminal justice system targets survivors of domestic violence to prosecute them for ...

In most of the country, executions are a thing of the past. But one state has been carrying them out at a record pace.

The Australian government plans to strengthen laws that ban children younger than 16 from social media platforms, the country ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — When most people think of prison, they picture steel bars, locked gates and lost freedom. But at a correctional facility in Johannesburg, South Africa’s largest city, visitors are ...