A warehouse will be converted into classrooms, a computer room, library and a small cafe for students at one prison.

Catholics in my prison mourned the death of a pope who advocated for them. But they are hopeful the next pope will consider them, too.

Information about the prison system is limited, and policy makers and voters are shaping the lives of incarcerated people without their input. We’re bringing transparency to the world of mass ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. I’ll never forget the first time I went to lockup, a restricted housing unit where you’re sent after being ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. When my gate finally opened, I took a tentative step outside my cell and assessed my surroundings. It was the ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. I’ve never seen staff at the California state prisons where I’ve lived drink water from the prison plumbing ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. In this photo provided by El Salvador's presidential press office a bus carrying deportees from the U.S. arrives ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. The pod, a kind of self-contained housing unit, instantly shifts from frenzied, normal prison activity to ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Recently, I was having a conversation with my younger brother Robert on the phone when he mentioned the killing ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. In my New Jersey prison, Christians, Jews and Muslims congregate to worship and read their respective religious ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Ms. Allen died saying, “Imma die, Imma die.” That’s what people heard in our prison. She wasn’t feeling well, but ...