“The DPP argue that the sentence imposed on Patterson is manifestly inadequate, in that: a) it was inappropriate for the sentencing judge to fix a non-parole period; or b) the non-parole period of 33 ...

A federal judge says isolation at Mary Davis Home violated kids’ rights and must stop. The facility has 30 days to implement ...

Human rights organizations have condemned Mario Guevara’s deportation as an authoritarian attack on the free press.

Canadian Independent Senator Kim Pate was in town last week to join with Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy ...

The Netflix documentary-slash-visual album "Songs from the Hole” follows the life and journey of the musician JJ'88, who was ...

Netflix's true crime docuseries, Beauty and the Bester, follows a bizarre prison escape featuring South Africa's Bonnie and ...

Gabfest Reads is a monthly series from the hosts of Slate’s Political Gabfest podcast. Recently, Emily Bazelon talked with Judith Resnik about her new book, Impermissible Punishments: How Prison ...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is urging that a former GOP lawmaker’s prison sentence be commuted. Greene, in a post on X on Monday, detailed the conditions that she says disgraced congressman ...

Former Republican congressman George Santos has been held in solitary confinement with no windows for nearly 30 days, according to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who likened his prison conditions ...

In the Spotlight is a Fresno Bee series that digs into the high-profile local issues that readers care most about. Story idea? Email [email protected]. Detainees inside California’s largest ...

A federal judge has ordered New York State to provide significantly more out-of-cell time and therapeutic programming for mentally ill inmates at the Mid-State Correctional Facility. Friday's ruling ...

Over 100 detainees at Cal City ICE facility protested poor conditions via sit-ins. Detainees reported medical neglect, unsanitary conditions, and legal access issues. Facility opened without city ...