A group that provides books to Texas inmates says new restrictions on prison donations could hinder their work.

The University of Georgia hosts many student service programs — one of which uniquely bridges the gap between students and incarcerated individuals, enabling an exchange of compassion, friendship and ...

Medicaid is now paying for health care in jails and prisons, helping smooth inmates’ return to the community. Corrections and law enforcement officials say they’re all for it.

In Texas, a long-forgotten series of prison albums offers a rare way to hear what incarceration sounded like decades ago.

Former state lawmaker RJ May was moved out of state to a federal prison to serve 17.5 years for distributing child pornography.

Besides his mother, who visited him as he lay dying in hospital, there will be no one to mourn the passing of Ian Huntley. No ...

Prisons across Nepal recorded high voter turnout as inmates cast ballots under the proportional representation system. Several jails even reported 100 percent participation among eligible prisoners.

The man who opened fire in a classroom at Virginia’s Old Dominion University completed a drug treatment program that allowed ...

Correctional Service Canada plans to cut library technicians and employment co-ordinator positions in federal penitentiaries, ...

JEFFREY Epstein’s prison guards were overheard plotting how to cover up the paedo financier’s death in a New York jail, an ...

Former prisoners have said that they are often left with no choice but to reoffend for the sake of a roof over their head and ...