A proposed budget cut is threatening to undo this progress, and if it passes, Americans will be less safe.

The Supreme Court has been friendly to religious liberty claims and hostile to lawsuits seeking damages against government officials.

Texas plans to add 5,600 prison beds across 14 facilities after lawmakers approved more than $300 million to expand housing ...

People who go to prison keep one important right — to file a grievance over their treatment: from abuse to denied medical care. But in the vast majority of cases, those efforts go nowhere, according ...

The Justice Department announced charges Wednesday for 12 people it said used drones in a conspiracy to smuggle drugs and ...

The Justice Department announced charges against 12 people for a sophisticated drone smuggling operation introducing dangerous contraband into federal prisons across multiple states. Former federal ...

The Remedy Project trains students to help incarcerated people file grievances, expose abuse, and, in some cases, secure release. Columbia University’s Remedy Project chapter celebrates filing 500 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a consultant on white-collar crime and former convicted felon. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...

In February 1980, a prison riot at the Penitentiary of New Mexico, south of Santa Fe, left 33 inmates dead and more than 200 injured. No correctional staff were killed, but officers were assaulted and ...

Sri Lanka, July 9 -- The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) while expressing its profound concern regarding the tragic incidents that occurred at Negombo Prison called upon the relevant authorities ...