U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit considered whether allegations of a prison officer’s destruction of a prisoner’s ...

Eagles, who said she found out about Mooney’s detention through a family friend, noted that her daughter had been working in ...

"I saw a similarity in Angeli's life and the systems that have been failing the community for years before the shooting," ...

The Americans, many of whom are veterans and former military contractors, were convicted on drug charges, a representative for their families told ABC News.

Kuwait has released a group of American prisoners, including veterans and military contractors jailed for years on ...

While the U.S. criminal justice system is far from perfect, addressing its shortcomings requires reform, not abdication of responsibility.

In Haiti, one's status as a deportee brings an added level of risk. Here is why police and gangs are targeting such people from the U.S.

Ultimately, the men were released, including at least two illegally detained New Jersey men from deplorable conditions in a Haitian prison. Here is our coverage of the matter. Originally published ...

California corrections officials say high-security prisons across the state are tightly restricting movement, calls and visits while they probe a surge in violence this year.

A woman from Wales is reportedly being detained by US immigration officials in "concerning" conditions. Becky Burke, from ...

A Connecticut correction officer was stabbed in the neck last summer, and deploying a caustic pepper spray on recalcitrant ...

Correction officers spend unstructured time with the incarcerated in the new model, hoping to stem problems before they start.