Lawmakers have made multiple efforts to improve the process of getting incarcerated people the identification they need to ...

Two attorneys say they plan to file a federal lawsuit against the Oklahoma County jail, accusing it of violating inmates’ constitutional rights by holding people behind bars ...

Court Directs Submission of Inmate Appeal Records The Uttarakhand High Court has mandated that records of inmates serving ...

Two brutal killings, less than three months apart, in New York State’s prison system raised troubling questions: Had other ...

On January 5, the Utah Department of Corrections (UDC) is switching to a new mail system for inmates, replacing the current ...

"I'm kind of freaking out about how many murders there have been, and how many attacks there have been on both guards and inmates." ...

Michigan is a national leader in education programs for the incarcerated. Commercial truck driving, cosmetology, manufacturing and business programs are popular with inmates, with more offerings on ...

The Arizona Department of Corrections will digitize inmate mail, impacting tangible connections for incarcerated individuals ...

A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of 38 current and former inmates in Los Angeles County’s women’s jail claims male staff ...

Emel McDowell was in a New York City jail when a guard yelled out his name. A single envelope slid through the metal bars into his cell. He stared at the return address in disbelief.

Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2025 announced the closure of another prison, a shutdown that's possible because the state is incarcerating far fewer people than it did just a decade ago.