When the state of Illinois shut down the century-old, maximum-security prison last year, nearly four of every five inmates ended up being sent to less-secure sites, The Associated Press found.

When the Illinois Department of Corrections shut down the century-old Stateville Correctional Center in September, officials transferred 278 inmates convicted of murder and dozens more serving time fo ...

Bukele often publicizes the Center for the Confinement of Terrorism, a new maximum-security megaprison built by his government. We see far less of the country’s other prisons — unsanitary ...

The Trump administration moved on Wednesday to close entries for the deferred resignation program for federal workers and continue to next steps, after a federal judge’s assent. The court victory ...

North Dakota's prison system says inmates spend 50% of their sentence in its facilities, including transitional housing. “There is no truth in sentencing,” Attorney General Drew Wrigley said.

Peruvian authorities have announced the discovery of two antennas that illegally provided acess to the internet as well as telephone signals at Challapalca prison, which is located in the Andes at ...

Bukele said he would charge the United States a "relatively low" fee to house convicted criminals in El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, a mega-prison built to hold up to 40,000 ...

He said the nominal cost for America would help make El Salvador's prison system sustainable. The nuclear agreement is a potential national security win for the United States, according to Edward ...

Allenwood closed in 2005, but its legacy underscores a longstanding reality: federal prison camps operate with minimal security. Unlike higher-security prisons, many camps lack perimeter fencing ...

Immediate steps were initiated in consultation with the Prisons’ locksmith to implement counter-measures to secure the gates to prevent any breach of security at the facility,” the release added.

A new report from the Prison Policy Initiative, a non-partisan research and advocacy organization, reveals how disciplinary systems in prisons around the US can further harm inmates and make ...