ADX Florence was built for inmates the U.S. prison system could not safely hold anywhere else, from cartel leaders and spies ...

Ever wonder what makes a prison notorious—and not just tough? The most dangerous prisons in America are feared for a reason, from extreme violence and torture-like solitary confinement to deadly ...

Prison reform is reducing inmate populations from big America cities — but, in many suburbs and rural communities, it's just the reverse. The same crimes that call for probation or just months in jail ...

The largest private prison company in America is changing its name in an attempt to overhaul a business that has been dogged by accusations of inmate abuse and violence. Corrections Corporation of ...

Incarcerated people in the US are routinely forced to work for low pay or no pay, while state governments are saving billions of dollars—and private corporations are making billions of ...

President Donald Trump wants to convert Alcatraz back into a federal prison, decades after the California island fortress was converted into a U.S. tourist destination because it had become too costly ...