Robert Luna has been elected as Los Angeles County’s new sheriff, replacing the controversial Alex Villanueva. “The results were a resounding … [Read more...]

A fire killed eight detainees at Iran’s Evin prison near Terhan, which has for decades housed political prisoners as well as those convicted of … [Read more...]

Adequate dental care is frequently lacking in prisons and contributes to problems in rehabilitation and failures upon release, according to reporting … [Read more...]

The United States spends more than $180 billion annually on incarceration, locking up more people per capita than any other nation in the world. And, … [Read more...]

Incarcerated women are less dangerous than male prisoners and prisons should operate with that in mind, The New York Times reported.  Little … [Read more...]

Sixty Days In is a popular TV show where people go undercover as inmates in jail for two months — if they even last that long. In 2014, journalist … [Read more...]

Ohio is the latest state putting anti-drone technology and X-ray body scanners into play in an effort to keep drugs and other contraband out of state … [Read more...]

The Michigan Department of Corrections has banned the use of dictionaries in Spanish and Swahili in the state’s prisons, claiming that the books … [Read more...]