This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. California’s criminal justice system looks different in a very tangible way compared to when Gov. Gavin Newsom ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - State prisons in the United States became more violent and nearly 50% deadlier over the past five years as authorities struggled to keep enough guards on the job, ...

The federal prison system has a significant shortage of psychologists, and longtime bureau employees say the effect is catastrophic. According to the Bureau of Prisons, more than one-third of ...

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In the days since a congressional budget impasse caused a federal government shutdown, public attention has largely focused on high-profile impacts like employee furloughs, air travel delays and ...

This article originally appeared on Stateline. Summer heat is bearing down on U.S. prisons, where temperatures in uncooled cells can climb well into the triple digits. Facing growing pressure from ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado’s prisons are so full that the Department of Corrections for the first time has triggered a legislatively mandated process designed to speed up the ...

Anja Djuricic was born in Belgrade, Serbia, in 1992. Her first interest in film started very early, as she learned to speak English by watching Disney animated movies (and many, many reruns). Anja ...

Dark Tourism embraces sites associated with death, tragedy and the macabre. Though it may be a new description, it’s certainly not a new phenomenon. Travelers into this morbid side of travel have a ...

Several states, including California, Minnesota and Pennsylvania, are shuttering prisons as inmate populations decline and budgets tighten. The reprieve means that roughly 90 staff members won’t have ...

Lefty mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani once questioned the “purpose” of jails and prisons — setting off alarm bells among law enforcement officers who blasted the comments as “out of touch” and ...

For more than 40 years, the United States—a nation that putatively cherishes freedom—has had one of the largest prison systems in the world. Mass incarceration has been so persistent and pervasive ...