New York’s state prisons have a long list of issues that are making them less safe for everybody inside, as detailed in the latest state report on conditions inside the facilities. On June ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a consultant on white-collar crime and former convicted felon. Despite various leadership at the Bureau of Prisons, the ...

Eleven inmate deaths in less than two months. More than 4,000 staff vacancies. A $3 billion repair backlog. And now, a stunning directive from President Donald Trump for the crisis-plagued federal ...

This article originally appeared on Stateline. Summer heat is bearing down on U.S. prisons, where temperatures in uncooled cells can climb well into the triple digits. Facing growing pressure from ...

J. B. Nicholas runs a news website called The Free Lance from his home in upstate New York, and, near the end of last year, he started obsessively tracking one story: a man confined at a state prison ...

Overcrowded Nebraska prisons force some inmates to share cells that were designed for just one person. Experts say this can exacerbate or cause mental health problems. The Nebraska Department of ...

After homicides behind bars and strikes by guards, Gov. Kathy Hochul made changes to New York’s budget. That did not satisfy prisoners’ advocates. By Benjamin Oreskes Reporting from the State Capitol ...

An unannounced inspection of a Dorset prison has revealed that it still has problems with drugs, self-harm and preparing prisoners for release. A report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons identified nine ...

A Tennessee state senator said he's ready to work immediately to improve conditions in the state prison system to ensure the lives of no corrections officers are put in peril. "I think this case has ...

Praise Roberson, 28, of Cincinnati, is accused of working with an inmate at Lebanon Correctional Institution to smuggle drugs and cellphones into the institution. She faces seven charges, including ...

Eleven inmate deaths in less than two months. More than 4,000 staff vacancies. A $3 billion repair backlog. And now, a stunning directive from President Donald Trump for the crisis-plagued federal ...