Whatever happens to the early release scheme, Andy Burnham needs to consider the possibility that sentences are just too high, writes Zoe Williams

Women who organized to push for a new Colorado law hope it will become a model for other states.

A 2013 prison hunger strike in California led to a dramatic decline in the use of solitary confinement. More than a decade later, people impacted by solitary reflect on the toll of separation.

The July decision directs Correctional Service Canada to begin recording the temperature in the prison's maximum-security area, and install air conditioning, but nearly a month later CSC has not…

Designed to help people with serious mental illness, Joliet Treatment Center repeatedly failed to prevent or respond to fires, despite two deaths.

California officials dial back the minor reforms they

Court-appointed investigator finds California City facility failed to comply with judge’s order to provide adequate healthcare

The former Black Panther’s lawyers ask a UN panel to review his detention after US legal avenues were exhausted

From assaults to suicide attempts, emergency calls can be a sign of problems that jails can’t handle on their own.

The Duchy of Cornwall refuses to say how much tax the Prince of Wales has paid on income from the rat-infested HMP Dartmoor

The story of mass incarceration, one song at a time.

Advocates warn trauma from detentions will cause kids lifelong damage.

Until the 1980s, an annual prison rodeo offered a chance for men inside to perform and sell albums. Now we’re making them available to you.

While fewer women than men are incarcerated, their numbers are rising faster and most often for non-violent offences

We asked people behind bars what services and programs could have changed the course of their lives. Therapy, affordable housing and a living wage topped the list.

The agency maintains that it does not use this method in its detention centers, but it does hold people in ‘administrative segregation,’ a euphemism for solitary confinement

Ask your government to back a global treaty to keep equipment like tear gas and pepper spray from getting into the hands of abusive police forces.

An interesting and informative meeting with Chile’s NPM Comité para la Prevención de la Tortura In Santiago. We discussed #solitaryconfinement and #supermax prisons, penal #populism, #monitoring place...

Delighted to see our article "A New Vision on Isolation Practices in Dutch Prisons" in the latest issue of International Corrections and Prisons Association's newsletter, Beyond the Wall ! 👍 👏 👍 I...

The man had an apparent seizure Wednesday night and could not be revived.

ICE needs more detention space, and it’s faster to open old facilities than to build new ones.

For men awaiting execution in Texas, illicit games of Dungeons & Dragons became a lifeline.

A new report has revealed isolations at South Australia's only youth detention centre increased by 50 per cent during a period last year and has questioned the legality of their use, with one responde...

CANY collects data on state prisons and publishes it in the form of dashboards and downloadable data sets on its website. By making this data public, policymakers, advocates, and the family and friend...

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Black New Orleanians navigate hopelessness, addiction, and the struggle to survive.

Ruling dashes hopes of campaigners who argue booths are stressful and stigmatising for pupils

As reforms stall in some states, the U.S. Supreme Court just made it easier for police to be sued — and perhaps easier for police to defend themselves.

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Mass detention isn’t merely a step along the way to achieving Trump’s goal of mass deportation. Mass detention is also the goal.

Staffing shortages mean incarcerated people are not getting vital medical care, programming and other services.