James Carver spent 36 years in prison for allegedly setting one of the deadliest fires in Massachusetts history.

As Portland weighs expansion of an alternative crisis-response program, new data from a MindSite News-Medill investigation ...

In a quarterly earnings call, the private prison company told investors that it plans to expand its operations across the ...

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Trump’s white supremacist agenda to detain and deport millions of immigrants has been a boon to the private prison industry.

Scared straight” programs don’t work. But that doesn’t mean incarcerated people shouldn’t mentor at-risk kids.

Christopher William Blackwell, 41, is a Washington-based award-winning journalist currently incarcerated at the Washington Corrections Center. He is serving a 45-year prison sentence for taking ...

“Scared straight” programs don’t work. But that doesn’t mean incarcerated people shouldn’t mentor at-risk kids.

Trump's Justice Department has removed questions about gender identity and trans people from at least four federal surveys.