In a handwritten letter, Robin Alford begged for help. Her son, Clinton Willard Bridges, died last year at one of Alabama’s maximum-security prisons. “When my son died so sudden, a part of me died ...

Two former inmates say the deadly riot at Washington State Prison was preventable, blaming chronic understaffing, unsafe ...

BOISE – Executions are on hold in Idaho. The state prison system suspended its ability to carry out the death penalty through at least the end of the year as officials begin the transition to firing ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Logistical issues with scheduling, travel and communication hinder cancer care for prisoners. Screening, ...

TUTWILER, MISSISSIPPI — The cotton is just beginning to bloom. It’s late August in the Mississippi Delta, an alluvial plain formed by soil deposited from the Missouri, Ohio and Mississippi rivers over ...

Teresa Henderson’s son, Steven Kidd Jr., died on Sept. 12 inside Jackson Correctional Institution in Malone, Florida. A prison chaplain called on a Saturday to notify the family of his death, ...

MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution in Suffield. Based on its offender population, it is the largest correctional facility in New England. Credit: Yehyun Kim / ctmirror.org Beginning in the ...

Gabfest Reads is a monthly series from the hosts of Slate’s Political Gabfest podcast. Recently, Emily Bazelon talked with Judith Resnik about her new book, Impermissible Punishments: How Prison ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – As we get closer to a special legislative session centered around a new men’s prison in South Dakota, the Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Office is highlighting a recent crash ...

ALBANY — The last six unprecedented months in New York’s prison system, which included a fatal beating of a prisoner and the longest strike by prison guards in state history, could create an ...