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Some officials say it’s time to rethink shared quarters for inmates because of the risk of violence and the detriment to rehabilitation.

Inmates at the Bismarck state prison launched a podcast, Chainz to Changed, focusing on life in prison and preparing for re-entry. Zach Schmidkunz, left, and Antonio Stridiron, center, speak with a ...

French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy began his five-year prison sentence on Tuesday, locked up in a nine-square-metre cell at Paris' infamous La Santé prison ...

During Florida’s blistering summer months, Morin C.* says the heat in his prison cell becomes so sticky and oppressive, he sometimes showers seven times a day just to cope. The 41-year-old is ...

I HAVE BEEN IN PRISON for more than 30 years. When I came to prison, the corrections goal was isolation, retribution, and punishment. In the past decade, the mission changed to rehabilitation. I have ...

The prohibited goods were removed by authorities. — -- Mexican authorities discovered "luxury cells" inside a prison in the northern state of Nuevo Leon after they went in to investigate a deadly ...

A lawsuit challenging extreme heat in a Florida prison collected temperature readings during the summer. It found brutal heat ...

Opening Shot: Two police detectives enter a prison ward and show their IDs. They’re greeted by corrections officers already bringing someone out in a body bag. The Gist: Four weeks earlier, Barry ...

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Several inmates appeared to have tampered with their prison cell doors to free themselves from their cells moments before attacking another inmate, according to documents obtained ...

Tens of thousands of Syrians were thrown into Sednaya during the Assad regime. The New York Times created a 3-D model of the prison. By Christina Goldbaum, Charlie Smart, Helmuth Rosales, Anjali ...