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Overcrowded and overheated, Korean prisons become intolerable for both inmates and officers

With a metallic click, cold metal cuffs close around both wrists. “You are now in custody.” Suddenly, moving one’s arms freely becomes impossible. The discomfort sets in quickly, a...

Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women

Tochigi Prison, which houses 456 inmates, is a microcosm of what female prisons across the nation are facing, from a rising foreign population to mental health issues.

El Salvador's mega jail can help fix our 'broken' prison system, says Richard Madeley: The lessons Britain can learn fro...

The broadcaster spent time inside the Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot) in El Salvador, where suspected gang members sit in metal bunks stacked four beds high in concrete cells.

'Rejected': How federal prisons stonewall grievances and deny care for years

People who go to prison keep one important right — to file a grievance over their treatment: from abuse to denied medical care. But in the vast majority of cases, those efforts go...

Made in America: The Products of US Prison Labor Are All Around Us

A project by photographer Daniella Zalcman shows the casual prevalence of goods made by prison labor in public and private spaces.

‘Rejected’: How Federal Prisons Stonewall Grievances and Deny Care for Years

A law forces people in federal prisons to file grievances before they can sue in court. But less than 2% of filings are granted.

In Federal Prisons, Some Guards Use Fear and Violence to Stifle Complaints

Prisoners in federal facilities must file most grievances with the guards — a system they say exposes them to retaliation, including physical abuse.

Bureau of Prisons Will Close Facilities Housing Thousands of Inmates

The agency pointed to crumbling infrastructure, chronic staffing shortages and budget shortfalls as it moved to cut costs.

Prisoners in Israel face 'unprecedented' rights violations, public defender's report says

A report by the Israel Public Defender's Office warned of harsher police violence, severe overcrowding in prisons and the implementation of more measures previously reserved for wh...

Pressure mounts on Texas to address brutal heat crisis in prison cells

State hit by new wrongful death lawsuit by family of Jason Wilson, who died in ‘brutally hot, un-airconditioned’ cellTexas, the state with the largest prison population in the US,...

Pressure mounts on Texas to address brutal heat crisis in prison cells

State hit by new wrongful death lawsuit by family of Jason Wilson, who died in ‘brutally hot, un-airconditioned’ cellTexas, the state with the largest prison population in the US,...

Prisoner numbers at record high despite 600 releases in six months

Numerous attempts to address overcrowding have failed to make a long-term impact and the population has reached critical levels.

Grim reality of prison conditions laid bare in damning report

Inmates in England and Wales live among vermin while gangs control entire wings, monitors warn, with failures ‘at risk of becoming normalised’Staff at immigration detention centre...

POLL OF THE DAY: Should Britain introduce El Salvador-style mega jails?

Broadcaster Richard Madeley spent time inside the Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot), the cornerstone of Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele's war on drug cartels.

Grievances in Federal Prison Rarely Succeed. Here’s How Prisoners Would Change That.

The Marshall Project surveyed people in federal facilities for advice about the complaint process — and how to fix it.

Inmate died in fire and another almost lost leg to spider in UK’s packed prisons

A new report sheds light on the state of prisons in England and Wales (Credits: Getty Images/iStockphoto) An inmate at a prison in the north of England died in a fire after an a...

France and Turkey have most overcrowded jails in Europe

France and Turkey have the highest levels of prison overcrowding among Council of Europe member states, with 131 inmates for every 100 places, a specially commissioned report said...

Texas Man Gets 30 Years in Prison for Transporting 'Anti-Government' Pamphlets

Eight of the Prairieland Detention Center protesters were sentenced to a combined 450 years in prison.

Bureau of prisons will close facilities housing thousands of inmates

WASHINGTON — The Federal Bureau of Prisons said Wednesday that it would close at least six facilities that house thousands of inmates, citing “extreme staffing challenges” and crum...

Texas prisoners face new book ban after hundreds test positive for synthetic drugs

Inmates say the policy unfairly punishes them — and note that prison staff also bring in contraband.

Seven more sentenced to prison over protest outside Texas detention center

Judge hands down 50-year sentence to defendant Ines Soto, whose wife Elizabeth was sentenced to same prison termSeven more people were sentenced to prison Wednesday over a shooting...

How Much Would You Pay to Stay in Federal Prison?

Of all the deterrents to illegal entry to the United States, one has the sharpest bite: prosecution for “improperly” entering this country or eluding immigration inspection, which...

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Death, silence, and survival inside New Jersey State Prison

A firsthand account shows how isolation and neglect can make incarceration a slow form of death in U.S. prisons.