It’s been 54 years since the infamous Attica prison uprising, when incarcerated men took over the maximum-security facility in western New York for nearly five days and drew nationwide attention to ...

On the anniversary of Robert Brooks' death, advocates in Albany called on New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign an Omnibus ...

The founder of the nonprofit group Citizens for Prison Reform calls for more staffing and a rehabilitative model for reform.

Brazil's lower house of Congress has approved a bill that could reduce former President Jair Bolsonaro's prison time ...

Guards' strike, staff shortages and rising violence plague New York corrections facilities as reform legislation awaits ...

Argentine President Javier Milei's government has presented the framework for broad labor reform it hopes Congress to pass in ...

Another bill, the Elder Parole Act, would allow prisoners 55 and older to be released before the end of their sentences to a halfway house or group home setting, among other changes. Both bills have ...

I don't think Wisconsin can afford to drag its feet while people are dying… It is high time for there to be some political urgency around the closure of these prisons and a real, committed goal to ...

California is staring down at a major budget problem and the numbers are only getting worse. According to the Legislative Analyst’s Office, the state is projected to face an $18 billion deficit next ...

Nathan Gill was sentenced to 10 and a half years on Friday after admitting he was paid to make pro-Russian speeches in the European Parliament. By Lizzie Dearden Reporting from London A former ...

U.S. Senator Ashley Moody of Florida is introducing new legislation called the Halo Act that would, if passed, prohibit people from getting too close to or harassing federal immigration officers while ...

Gov. Hochul has ordered the closure of an upstate prison but opted not to close two more prisons, as had been previously approved in the state budget, managing to anger both correction officers union ...