The state Supreme Court wants to know how local courts provide lawyers, if any, to poor people after their arrest.

Leavenworth, Kansas, is nearly synonymous with prisons. But when CoreCivic announced plans to detain immigrants there, ...

I am a quiet soul who often hides in the corner, but I knew I had to find the voice to speak out. Once I resigned, I testified before the Board of Correction about this practice and received media ...

In New York, a bill is advancing that would bar hospitals from drug testing patients or asking screening questions without informed consent. Two proposed bills, in Arizona and Tennessee, failed to ...

Missouri is one of two states where a judge can hand down death when juries cannot agree unanimously on a sentence.

Few trans people receive gender-affirming housing and care in the federal prison system. This executive order would make it ...

The Bureau of Prisons’ new deputy director’s past incarceration has drawn outrage from some officers — and support from ...

An anti-drug smuggling policy has slowed the delivery of time-sensitive court documents as prison staff read letters ...

Critics say there’s no evidence that castration prevents future sex offenses. Yet several states are weighing such measures.

The concept takes into account nonphysical tactics abusers use to trap their partners. But some worry the new laws will hurt ...