Lawmakers are pursuing legislative changes that would keep more people locked up in overcrowded county jails while awaiting ...

Some lawmakers are taking a stand against contraband cellphones in U.S. prisons with new legislation aimed at addressing the ...

By Akin Nazli in Belgrade Turkey’s ruling regime has transferred Kaj Joakim Medin, a Swedish national detained after arriving ...

Currently, cell phone jammers are illegal. Officials say they are necessary for protecting people from inmates who get their ...

Cell polarity is the asymmetric organisation of several cellular components, including its plasma membrane, cytoskeleton or organelles. This asymmetry can be used for specialised functions, such ...

Just outside town lies Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, centered around an enormous pink granite dome rising 425 feet above the surrounding landscape. The climb to the top is moderately challenging ...

When death and violence plagued the jail, the federal courts stepped in. We talked with an expert about what to expect from a ...

The Oxford non-profit art organization, VOX PRESS, has released a collection of prison writings, “Unit 29: Writing from ...

A 33-year-old man was found unresponsive in a San Francisco county jail cell this morning and later declared dead, the sheriff’s department has confirmed. The man was discovered by deputies around 7 a ...

Department of Correction officials blame a host of factors: the state prison strike jamming so-called state-ready detainees on Rikers; lack of bed space in mental hospitals; and recent legal changes ...

About a week after an intentionally-set fire shut down the Beaufort County Jail, repairs have been completed and inmates have returned to the facility. The inmates had been temporarily placed in the ...

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