"Punishing incarcerated people for refusing to work indeed violates the state constitution’s ban on involuntary servitude and ...

One hundred twenty six inmates in Qatar’s correctional institutions are continuing their formal education while serving their ...

The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit claiming prison labor practices violate the state ...

Advocates for incarcerated men and women say they are determined to keep the public spotlight on the “humanitarian crisis” depicted in the new HBO documentary about Alabama prisons. They held a press ...

A year ago, Syria’s new leader pledged to 'close the notorious prisons' run by Bashar al-Assad. But prisons and detention ...

An Alabama prison activist and inmate is on his third week of a hunger strike, and his nonprofit is asking the prison system to step up their monitoring. Kenneth Traywick is on day 22 of his hunger ...

Though the Sharaa regime vowed to shutter Assad's notorious jails, tallies show they are locking hundreds of people up ...

A man incarcerated at a Western Maryland prison died after what police believe to be an altercation among prisoners Tuesday, less than a week after another inmate died under suspicious circumstances ...

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Guantánamo Bay has re-entered the spotlight under the Trump administration's policy to detain undocumented migrants, sparking a major legal crisis and a lawsuit from the ACLU ...