A group of US prison officials from North Dakota, Massachusetts, and Oklahoma recently traveled to Germany, touring ...

Several U.S. states are looking to European-style prisons, which prioritize rehabilitation over punishment, to improve prison conditions in America, despite facing political and financial barriers.

Juan Rios became a gang member when he was 11 years old. He started his first prison sentence at 19. Years later, after being released, he kept gang-banging. Then, at age 24, he shot three people ...

States of all political stripes, including Oklahoma, North Dakota and Massachusetts, have sent officials to tour prisons in ...