“If you look at the history of agriculture in the United States, it’s built on dispossession, it’s built on enslavement,” says Joshua Sbicca, director of the Prison Agriculture Lab, and the legacy of ...

The history of prison systems stretches from ancient dungeons and debtors jails to the vast institutions of today. Senate Republicans face a surprise new Fed dilemma Woman recalls '90s childhood ...

An unlikely partnership between a former police officer and a former inmate is helping the Bureau of Prisons make America ...

President Donald Trump on Sunday said he would order the government to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz, a former prison on a small island of the same name off the coast of San Francisco that once housed ...

A federal judge on Monday stripped control of the Rikers Island jail complex from New York City and ordered the appointment of an independent manager to fix rampant violence and persistent ...

"Two Illinois men spent over 50 years in prison for crimes they didn't commit. Now, they're fighting to fix the system that stole their ...

Pairing a veteran police officer with a former inmate to crack down on crime seems the stuff of Hollywood — in fact, it was a winning formula when Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte teamed up in 48 Hours.