Despite work to improve the justice system, insufficient attention is paid to conditions behind bars. Prisons and jails must ...

Overcrowded Nebraska prisons force some inmates to share cells that were designed for just one person. Experts say this can exacerbate or cause mental health problems. The Nebraska Department of ...

Together, they reveal how a global vision of mass incarceration is spreading, one cellblock at a time. These facilities ...

Bryan Kohberger is set to spend the rest of his life in one of America’s worst prisons — a maximum-security hellhole that faces accusations of feces-smeared cages, brutally violent guards, rioting ...

This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared at kunc.com. David Carrillo is getting ready for a college class at his Loveland home. He teaches economics to ...

40/29'S ABNER SOSA IS LIVE IN ROGERS WITH HOW THE DISCUSSION WENT. THIS MEETING LASTED NEARLY FOUR HOURS. LAWMAKERS HEARD FROM CORRECTIONS LEADERS, SHERIFFS, AND COUNTY JUDGES. THEY ALL AGREE THE ...

Colorado Department of Corrections Correctional Officer David Aldana walks along the third level of cell house #8 at the Fremont Correctional Facility during a formal count at the prison in Canon City ...

South Dakota lawmakers have agreed to replace one of the nation's oldest prisons, a lockup that predates the state itself. Legislators narrowly passed a bill Tuesday night in a special session to ...