Lawmakers and correctional leaders across the US are advancing reforms to reduce recidivism and improve prison conditions, with efforts including improving health and staff resources, increasing ...

Most Americans don’t know what it’s like inside the United States’ 1,664 state and federal prisons. 1 Yet even those who believe the primary purpose of incarceration is to deter crime or to inflict ...

A new prison oversight pilot program is launching at possibly four state prisons replacing legislation that sparked emotional ...

Bureau of Justice Statistics issued its annual report about the state of the Bureau of Prisons since enactment of the First Step Act. Results show more work to be done.

Prison reform can help many inmates prepare for life outside prison instead of just punishing them. The approach allows them to learn new skills and ways to cope with life's ups and downs. Reform can ...

An Alabama pastor is working to extend the Oscar buzz and attention from a documentary into meaningful reform behind prison walls across the state. Kenneth Sharpton Glasgow, an activist based in ...

The First Step Act is changing the way that federal prison systems treat prisoners. It increases opportunities for rehabilitation, shortens sentences, and enhances prisoners' rights. The law is a ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois' devastated finances and well-known government dysfunction is claiming another victim: The legally-mandated launch of a promising prison reform program designed to ...

Prominent Prison Reform Advocate and Author Demands Comprehensive Accountability and Transparency NEW YORK CITY, NY, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I went to federal prison for contempt of Congress. My detractors say I acted above the law. My supporters say I’m the poster child ...

The Alabama Solution,” a smuggled cellphone chronicle of inmate deaths, sexual abuse and deplorable conditions inside what ...