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A presidential pardon initiative intended as a gesture of reconciliation has been manipulated into a pay-for-freedom scheme ...

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Hope is not a soft word in prison. It shapes how people cope with their sentence and it determines whether - and how - they ...

Rusty Yates, the ex-husband of Andrea Yates, says he doesn’t blame his former wife for drowning their five children in the ...

"It Was Just an Accident" is an Iranian movie confronting tyranny and corruption. Now, director Jafar Panahi is facing jailtime for speaking out.

Over 10 years, the reasons for the killings are often the same: Severe understaffing, lax oversight and gang violence.

Venezuela’s new leaders and President Trump have alluded to a major release of political prisoners, but the liberations have ...

With elections approaching, lawmakers are focused on passing the budgets and finishing quickly. But major issues are looming.

Ricky Wassenaar, who is already serving 16 life sentences for commandeering a prison watchtower and taking guards hostage for ...

Prisoners in the Golden State have used virtual reality (VR) headsets to travel the world, practice job interviews, and ...

A nonprofit uses VR headsets to offer inmates practical scenarios like job interviews alongside travel experiences, providing ...