Rodolfo 'Rudy' Alvarez Medrano, 45, a Texas death row inmate, is among a select group of about a dozen prisoners chosen for a ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention standards are difficult to enforce because they aren’t written into law. Rather than follow a uniform standard, detention centers operate under a ...

Ilhan Sami Çomak, the Kurdish poet, was recently honored with the Jack Hirschman Poetry Prize, presented by the Poets of Planet Network. This recognition ...

A new program in the Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas, allows death row prisoners to mingle outside of solitary confinement ...

A South African inmate, Rotondwa Raliphaswa, is challenging his transfer to C-Max Prison, claiming that his rights to humane ...

In the early aughts, when I was waiting on Rikers Island to be tried for murder, I had to watch what everyone else in the ...

Samuel Haskell Jr. is accused of murdering and dismembering his wife and his in-laws in the Tarzana home they shared in ...

From prison dramas to black comedies, Mexico is delivering bold, critically acclaimed TV series in 2025 that transcend language barriers.

Since its release on YouTube for wider access, newly released local movie Welcome to Maula Prison is once again enjoying a ...

The Old Jail Museum sits in the heart of Jim Thorpe, a town once known as Mauch Chunk, nestled in the picturesque Lehigh Gorge. The contrast is immediate and jarring – outside, a charming Victorian ...

Uttar Pradesh's 'One Jail, One Product' initiative is transforming prisons into hubs of creativity and reform. Inmates are ...

Brian Koehn, a Marine Corps veteran and former warden, is leading a movement to transform the criminal justice system with ...