Columnist Justice B. Hill reflects on a Cleveland friend trying to help an American who remains detained in Japan’s justice ...

In a high-stress prison environment, a nutrient-starved brain translates directly into shorter fuses and reactive violence.

The 19th century did not bring respite to the French people, who suffered through more revolution and successive wars that didn't abate until after the Second World War. All of this began because ...

Half a century after approving coercive plea bargaining, the Supreme Court is beginning to recognize its costs.

The Healthy Prisons, Healthy Communities initiative is promoting the use of nutritious food to reduce violence, protect ...

Ask historians or laymen to name the most blatantly corrupt pardon over the first 230 years or so of American presidenting, ...

Federal Bureau of Prisons leadership is embracing faith in programming for inmates, even leading functions in prison.

KATV ABC 7 in Little Rock, Arkansas covers news, sports, weather and the local community in the city and the surrounding area ...

In his book 'The Midnight Special', author Colin Asher traces how prisons and the criminal justice system shaped American music, from Lead Belly and Johnny Cash to Tupac.

A teen accused of nearly shooting a Travis County sergeant and later robbing another teen received probation in a plea deal ...

Prisons have poor medical care, violence and mental health issues that lead to suicide. New studies are recognizing these ...

A proposal to train state prison inmates in welding, pipefitting, and fabrication could yield 10,000 skilled shipyard workers ...