It was a second chance for female inmates in a state prison as Eastern Michigan University is providing a dozen women with an opportunity for a future very different from their past.

It's known as the Pulitzers of prison journalism. The American Penal Press Contest celebrates the work of incarcerated writers. NBC Bay Area's Jessica Aguirre went inside the Central California ...

Seven women filed federal lawsuits against correctional officers and internal investigators at Logan Correctional Center.

Prisons were central to the Assad family's brutality. They may also be key to future trials against the regime, writes Robin ...

USP Leavenworth, Kansas was once the country’s largest maximum security prison, where inmates like Machine Gun Kelly and the Birdman of Alcatraz did time under a dome they called the Big Top.

The Montana Department of Corrections (DOC) is moving forward with plans to expand its facilities by building a new women's prison. This initiative follows the passage of House ...