Albert Jones’s 11 books describe life in prison. His victims’ relatives say his family should not benefit from a sale of his ...

Mass deportations are being planned by the U.S. government — and that could mean a big boom in business for private prisons.

On Friday, Aug. 20, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a historic bill into law, banning local and private jails in the state from signing contracts to detain migrants. The new law, Assembly Bill ...

Earlier, the victim recounted how the convict attacked her while she was on her way to work, held her by the neck, and ...

Lawmakers are pursuing legislative changes that would keep more people locked up in overcrowded county jails while awaiting ...

Harris County, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez and LaSalle Corrections are the subject of a new lawsuit filed by the family of a Houston ...

Immigrant advocates and elected officials gathered in Albany to back the "Dignity Not Detention Act." The bill would end ...

The ruling elites fashion the Deep South as a ground zero for repression, but Southerners know we are ground zero for ...

Sinclair Lewis’s forgotten novel 'It Can’t Happen Here' feels hauntingly current, revealing how democracies crumble when fear ...

The Cicero Institute is quietly driving a nationwide campaign to criminalize homelessness through copy-paste legislation that ...

Dozens of Alameda County residents called last week for the Board of Supervisors to end its engagement of Wellpath, a private ...