The Legislature did its job passing changes in the wake of two killings; the governor needs to act with speed to make them ...

The Legislature has responded to the recent killings of two inmates by New York State corrections officers inside prisons ...

Advocates held a vigil outside Green Bay Correctional Institution. Gov. Tony Evers has proposed shutting down the prison.

After losing his son in a private prison, Tim Leeper fought for reform, and Tennessee lawmakers listened. Now, private prisons with high death rates will face consequences.

The Second Look Act, Earned Time Act and Marvin Mayfield Act are a chance to change New York's toxic, unjust prison culture. Entrance to Marcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County on Dec. 19 ...

In MetroTalk: readers weigh in on Nigel Farage's 'Britannia Card' and ask whether bombing can ever be a path to peace?

A North Dakota legislator said he is no longer pursuing a ballot measure to make the state pay property owners' school ...

Donna Leone Hamm, executive director of Middle Ground Prison Reform, a prisoner-advocacy group, said moving ill prisoners to one location should improve medical care for inmates.

PHOENIX — A House panel took the first step Wednesday to what would be a major reform of the state’s sentencing policies. HB 2808 would allow inmates convicted of nonviolent crimes to be let ...

The House-passed bill includes a large tax cut, as well as more money for defense and immigration enforcement, financed in part by slashing health, nutrition, education and clean energy programs.

Reform would win 271 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons, with Starmer’s governing Labour party second on 178, polling firm YouGov said on Thursday. That would leave a hung parliament in ...

Editorial cartoons, political cartoons and multipanel cartoons from Washington Post cartoonists, including Ann Telnaes, Edith Pritchett, Michael Ramirez and guests ...