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

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

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

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.

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

Investigators found the Jackson Parish Jail violated state rules 83 times between July and February—12 times more than the ...

The Department of Justice has terminated all funding for the National Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Resource Center, according to a letter from the National PREA Resource Center obtained by The ...

The Appeal has created the first national database of prison commissary lists. Using the tool below, you can access full lists from the vast majority of U.S. states and see prices for many products ...

Local law enforcement officials face major decisions regarding the extent to which they will cooperate with ICE and assist the federal agency in enforcing federal immigration laws. This was on full ...