Prisoners

Under lucrative arrangements, states are increasingly leasing prisoners to harvest food for American consumers at a rate not seen since Jim Crow.

China and Hong Kong have started using tech to create "smart" prisons. Should the U.S. consider following their lead?

Ninety-seven percent of prisoners with the disease are unable to access proper medical care in correctional facilities across the country.

Bipartisan legislation in the Senate and House of Representatives would make prisoners eligible for Pell Grants, reversing a clause in the 1994 crime bill that stripped such eligibility.

Anti-government protesters play traditional music and dance as they take part in a march demanding the release of political prisoners in Managua, Nicaragua, on August 15th, 2018.

While most commerce within prisons revolves around food and hygiene products, a recent report found that digital sales are the "future of commissary."

Prisons and jails charge inmates substantial portions of their annual wages for basic necessities.

Facing a shortage of space for inmates, Missouri's Greene County Jail opted to build an insta-prison in the parking lot. Is that OK?

It's hard work and poorly paid, but at least it's a little more visible.

New research finds a racial disparity.

To be successful, re-entry programs must work to facilitate more interaction between former inmates and potential role models in their new neighborhoods.

Why doesn’t the Environmental Protection Agency count incarcerated populations in its impact statements?

They'll stay out of trouble longer, a new study suggests.

Advocates argue that early release is the most compassionate and cost-effective solution.

Offenders with brain injuries make up a huge percentage of prison populations; they also enter the criminal justice system earlier, and stay in it longer.

Cory Booker and Rand Paul’s REDEEM Act.

And what Attorney General Eric Holder missed in his recent speech on, among other things, the disproportionate burden of voter disenfranchisement of felons felt by minorities.

A new longitudinal study of incarcerated felons produces a nuanced answer.

The belief we’re better than the average person holds true even for convicts.

Abuse continues, and oversight is getting harder.

Leaders say the strike is “suspended” after the promise of public hearings.

Incarcerated men say that money troubles put them in prison—and avoiding money troubles will keep them out.

Will we soon see video cameras on the shoulder of every cop and corrections officer? Or will the high cost to both budgets and, potentially, individual privacy be enough to stop their adoption nationwide?

On Day 43, a judge approved a request to force-feed striking inmates.