Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) said that the prison system is “creating monsters” after he was released from prison last week.

America talks about recidivism as if it were a mystery. It isn’t. It is a predictable outcome of how we run prisons. The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics has tracked what happens after release for ...

A decision whether to mandate air conditioning inside Texas prisons is in the hands of a federal judge, as advocacy ...

Historically, prison systems in the U.S. are defined by their lack of transparency. This is often defended in the name of security. However, 1 in 2 U.S. adults have experienced incarceration in their ...

Prison guards in New York say the state's correctional system is in crisis. Both guards and inmates are pleading with the state to fix what they say is a broken system.

Many state prison systems work with ICE. California, for example, has handed over 18,000 prisoners since 2015.

Sen. Tom Hatcher of Blount County said he wants to work with colleagues and TDOC to identify and implement changes to improve ...

Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) said that the prison system is “creating monsters” after he was released from prison last week. “We are creating an environment of failure, so people are prone to ...