Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An incarcerated person sits inside a housing block at California’s San Quentin State Prison. An incarcerated person sits inside a ...

The Trump administration is escalating efforts to crack down on gangs that move illicit drugs into the United States, with deadly military strikes at sea and measures to toughen up borders taking ...

The largest private prison company in America is changing its name in an attempt to overhaul a business that has been dogged by accusations of inmate abuse and violence. Corrections Corporation of ...

Prison reform is reducing inmate populations from big America cities — but, in many suburbs and rural communities, it's just the reverse. The same crimes that call for probation or just months in jail ...

Pennsylvania is emerging as a proving ground for preparing people in prison to rejoin society, per a new report from the Brennan Center for Justice. Why it matters: Early results from a Philly-area ...