Together, they reveal how a global vision of mass incarceration is spreading, one cellblock at a time. These facilities ...

The Federal Bureau of Prisons is facing a staffing crisis as corrections officers are leaving for more lucrative jobs at ICE, resulting in worse conditions for inmates and staff.

Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life ...

Jesse Daniel Williams, III, was pronounced dead after being found unresponsive at the United States Penitentiary Beaumont. The cause of death has not been revealed. Williams has been in custody at USP ...

The United States of America and correctional officer Darrell Wayne Smith were hit with a sexual assault lawsuit on Oct. 24 in California Northern District Court. The action, brought by Slater Slater ...

A 33-year-old federal inmate’s death by gunfire has exposed troubling questions about safety protocols and transparency within America’s prison system, leaving his devastated family searching for ...

Eight federal inmates whose death sentences were commuted by former President Joe Biden shortly before he left office have been moved to a notorious federal supermax prison in Colorado. The inmates ...

Maryland plans to close the aging Maryland Correctional Institution at Jessup by June 2026 due to facility degradation. Inmates from the Jessup prison could be transferred to other facilities, ...

Cellphones seized by jail staff inside of the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center. United State Attorney's Office for South Carolina The Federal Communications Commission approved a proposal allowing ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia has joined 22 other states in urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to let prisons use cellphone jamming technology to block illegal communications from ...

Sept. 25 (UPI) --The United States executed two death row inmates on Thursday evening -- one in Alabama and the other in Texas -- during a year that has seen an uptick in inmates being put to death.