Rottnest Island, or Wadjemup, is famous for its beautiful beaches and cuddly quokkas. However, the isle has a dark history, and for 93 years was a prison for Aboriginal men and boys.

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 ...

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

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

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.

New documents reveal more about the $38.3 billion ICE facilities being bult and plans for the Social Circle "mega center" ...

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