A 33-year-old Nebraska man, who was incarcerated at the Nebraska Reception and Treatment Center, died Sunday, according to a ...

When filmmakers Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman visited an Alabama prison in 2019 to capture footage of a revival meeting, inmates began approaching them about the "terrible things" they said ...

The documentary 'The Alabama Solution' is an exposé on the state's oppressive prison system. Filmmakers Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman explore overcrowded institutions, systemic violence, and ...

From ancient dungeons to modern penitentiaries, the history of prison systems reflects changing ideas about crime, punishment ...

Federal prison officials say the former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch is fit to stand trial on federal sex trafficking charges. Michael Jeffries had been ordered hospitalized in May as ...

El Salvador’s La Esperanza prison, once controlled by gangs, has been transformed under President Nayib Bukele’s crackdown ...

The model is built to detect when crimes are being “contemplated.” A US telecom company trained an AI model on years of inmates’ phone and video calls and is now piloting that model to scan their ...

Atena Farghadani, a 28-year-old artist on trial in Iran over a cartoon that depicts members of parliament as animals, has been sentenced to 12 years and 9 months in prison. Atena Farghadani, a 28-year ...

Editor's Note: On Nov. 20, 2025, nearly a week after The Midwest Newsroom asked the Iowa Department of Corrections to comment for this article, department communications specialist Zach Carlyle ...

There is no question: President Donald Trump’s focus on public safety has been successful. His commonsense stand for law and order has lifted his approval ratings and made fighting crime his strongest ...

The Wisconsin Building Commission unanimously signed off on spending $15 million to start a design process that would overhaul the state’s corrections system. It begins the design phase for six ...

(WLUK) -- An overhaul of Wisconsin's aging corrections system is another step closer to reality, and the plan includes closing Green Bay Correctional Institution (GBCI). After a unanimous vote Tuesday ...