Amnesty renewed calls for President Joe Biden to grant clemency to jailed Native American activist Leonard Peltier, who many ...

In Evansville, Old National Bank Plaza is displaying over 60 quilts made by inmates at a maximum security prison. It's part ...

Current and former inmates of the unit at the D.C. Jail, dubbed the “Patriot Wing,” told New York Magazine that their time ...

The group made up roughly half of the inmates held in the block, a special unit sequestered from the jail’s other prisoners ...

But she talks to William once a week by phone, considering herself fortunate that she can afford the fees the state prison system charges to talk. That connection to life outside, she said, is what ...

The video, which was released by the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office, shows the dog, Josie, approaching the inmate, ...

In Italy, Cooperativa Alice helps inmates and women at risk learn couture ... “nor is it underpaid or devoid of the rights workers have in free society — it’s indicative of the dignity ...

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has supported a policy that gives transgender people who rely on the government for medical care — including those in prison and immigration detention ...

Northern California authorities are searching for Caleb Duerr, an inmate who escaped from Plumas County jail on Friday. Plumas County Sheriff's Office Northern California authorities are searching ...

New data shows Alberta spends the lowest amount of money per inmate in Canada — a number the province says is value for money but critics label short-sighted and worrisome. The numbers ...

Executions are carried out by hanging, and inmates are notified only hours before their execution. Hakamada's lengthy detention took a significant toll on his mental health. According to his ...

A set of blood-stained trousers found in a tank of miso in 1967 sealed a young Iwao Hakamada’s destiny as the world’s longest-serving death row inmate. But on Thursday, former professional ...