Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy described the prison where he spent 20 days as a noisy, harsh “all-grey” world of ...

At least 13 inmates were found dead Sunday at a southern Ecuadorian prison ravaged by violence in recent months, the ...

New provider: Substandard medical care has caused preventable harm — and even death — to people locked up in American prisons ...

Joe Garcia first heard about Taylor Swift in the late 2000's, while he was in the Los Angeles County jail awaiting trial on murder charges. He initially wasn't impressed with her music. Now, multiple ...

For the incarcerated players of the San Quentin Giants, batting practice coincided with efforts to earn back their freedom.

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The deaths occurred Sunday at a prison in the coastal city of Machala, Ecuador, after "the detonation of an explosive device" ...

This piece was reported through The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization that covers the U.S. criminal-justice system. Three years ago, the young man who would later be known as John Doe 1 ...

Danny Masterson, who was convicted on rape charges, continues to grab the public's attention over his bizarre prison transfers. The entertainer best known for his time on "That '70s Show" recently ...

A Missouri man was freed from prison Tuesday after his murder conviction was overturned after 34 years behind bars, despite the state attorney general's efforts to keep him there. "I never gave up ...

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