This story is part of “Trump Two: Six Months In,” our series taking stock of the administration’s efforts to reshape immigration enforcement and criminal justice. Civil rights groups sued, and courts ...

Charles “Sonny” Burton Jr., 75, was scheduled to be executed in Alabama’s Holman Correctional Facility on March 12. But two days before he was to be forced to inhale fatal nitrogen gas, Gov. Kay Ivey ...

Although there are still instances of transphobia, I no longer let it break me down,” writes Lexie Handlang. “I feel sorry ...

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Workers smuggle drugs that fuel a multimillion-dollar underground economy, leading to chaos, violence and death in Ohio prisons.

Addictive drugs soaked in confetti-sized hits are being smuggled in, tossed over fences and dropped in by drones. Why can’t prison officials stop it?

When I met Ralph Marcus in June 2024 at California Medical Facility, he was sitting in his wheelchair in the garden, under the shade of a gazebo. This medium security prison in Vacaville is home to a ...

The Power of Attorney played shows with superstars, went to industry parties, and wore outside clothes — all under the watch of armed guards.

She was sick of her prison job and financially struggling when an incarcerated drug dealer with an illegal cell phone propositioned her on Facebook.

Families left behind keepsakes, medicine, pets, cars and homes, sometimes leaving the U.S. with little more than the clothes ...

Earlier this month, Josh J. Smith, who served five years in the federal prison system on drug charges, was tapped to be deputy director at the agency that had locked him up. The Bureau of Prisons ...