State legislatures are grappling with how to fund new prisons that Republican governors say are needed to ease overcrowding.

Scotland's criminal justice system is "not working" and wasting human lives and money, according to Henry McLeish who authored a report ...

California officials are moving forward with a costly multi-hundred-million dollar renovation to the San Quentin State Prison ...

California officials are moving forward with a costly multi-hundred million dollar renovation to the San Quentin State Prison ...

Burkina Faso has taken a big step toward changing its jail system by instituting a reform that links offenders' sentences to ...

There were big smiles, hugs, tears and lots of tail wagging inside San Quentin’s prison recently. All the emotions came ...

In 2022, for example, Boko Haram freed around 600 prisoners while attacking a prison with high-grade explosives and guns near ...

Scandinavian Exceptionalism can be impactful in lowering Australia’s high reoffending rates, but this can only be achieved in ...

By Ricky Rodas for Yes! Magazine. Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service reporting for the Yes!

Incarcerated students inside Sheridan Correctional Center share their thoughts about higher education, rehabilitation and ...

Prominent activist Gary Chambers and political commentator Roland Martin have emerged as leading voices in opposition to ...

More than two dozen different gangs in Jackson move not only across cities but also state lines. Members are as young as 11.