For more than 40 years, the United States—a nation that putatively cherishes freedom—has had one of the largest prison systems in the world. Mass incarceration has been so persistent and pervasive ...

As the federal budget impasse wears on, Bureau of Prisons employees and programs are being further squeezed following a year ...

Prisons prioritize security over comfort. But concrete walls, steel doors, sealed windows, limited ventilation, lack of tree cover and outdated infrastructure converge to create dangerously hot ...

An unlikely partnership between a former police officer and a former inmate is helping the Bureau of Prisons make America safe again.