Faced with more immediate funding needs, state officials haven’t asked for more money for rehabilitation programs, such as ...

It's common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated ...

Valentino Valdez was given his birth certificate, his Social Security card, a T-shirt, and khaki pants when he was released from a Texas prison in 2019 at age 21. But he didn't have health insurance, ...

Marco Antonio Morales-Perez and Pablo Torres-Zaragoza were each sentenced to more than 21 years in prison, the U.S.

President Donald Trump’s administration is using federal prisons to detain some people arrested in its immigration crackdown, ...

"When they get off the bus, they've been given $100 as well from the prison system, and they don't know what to do," said ...

It’s not the most typical classroom, but University of North Texas criminal justice students said that sharing a class with ...

El Salvador has offered to take in people deported from the U.S. for entering the country illegally as well as the country’s ...

Hundreds of millions of dollars have been paid in cases involving 3 ex-cops: Jon Burge, Reynaldo Guevara and Ronald Watts. And more than 220 lawsuits are still pending. Beleaguered taxpayers might end ...

Prison violence remains a significant yet underreported issue in the U.S. criminal justice system, leading to unsafe conditions for both incarcerated ...

Former British soldier Daniel Khalife, who made headlines after escaping Wandsworth Prison in 2023, has been sent back to ...