Heather Mack — the Chicago woman convicted of helping kill her mother and stuffing her body in a suitcase on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali in 2014 — served about seven years of a 10-year ...

Costs for housing prisoners are rising again, fueled by an increase in the prison population and the price of housing offenders in local facilities.

Tennessee Department of Corrections Commissioner Frank Strada says state prisons are facing an "evolving" threat.

One of her major studies examined solitary confinement in North Carolina prisons. She found that nearly one-in-four ...

I went to federal prison for contempt of Congress. My detractors say I acted above the law. My supporters say I’m the poster child for a weaponized justice system.    I won’t relitigate that ...

Rottnest Island, or Wadjemup, is famous for its beautiful beaches and cuddly quokkas. However, the isle has a dark history, ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom last week visited San Quentin prison to celebrate a milestone in turning the once-notorious lockup into a model of progressive public safety.