A warehouse will be converted into classrooms, a computer room, library and a small cafe for students at one prison.

Catholics in my prison mourned the death of a pope who advocated for them. But they are hopeful the next pope will consider them, too.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Recently, I was having a conversation with my younger brother Robert on the phone when he mentioned the killing ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. The pod, a kind of self-contained housing unit, instantly shifts from frenzied, normal prison activity to ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Back in early September, I was watching TV at Oregon State Penitentiary when I saw an announcement about an ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. I’ll never forget the first time I went to lockup, a restricted housing unit where you’re sent after being ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. In my New Jersey prison, Christians, Jews and Muslims congregate to worship and read their respective religious ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. In this photo provided by El Salvador's presidential press office a bus carrying deportees from the U.S. arrives ...

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In January, back-to-back polar vortexes unleashed subzero temperatures on much of the country, breaking thousands of daily snow and cold records. Ten inches of snow was dumped on New Orleans in late ...

Information about the prison system is limited, and policy makers and voters are shaping the lives of incarcerated people without their input. We’re bringing transparency to the world of mass ...

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