A Venezuelan man was deported to an unsafe prison in El Salvador, despite weak evidence linking him to criminal activity or gang ties.

Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University graduate student, was arrested in Massachusetts and sent to the South Louisiana ICE ...

(THE CONVERSATION) The U.S. operates one of the largest and most punitive criminal justice systems in the world. On any given day, 1.9 million people are incarcerated in more than 6,000 federal, state ...

A years-long fight over the temperature inside Texas prisons has entered a new phase. In a landmark ruling issued on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman ruled that keeping inmates in ...

New York state prisons will release some inmates early because the system does not have enough corrections officers, weeks ...

With women in antiabortion states dying from pregnancy complications, lawmakers are scrambling to deal with the backlash by ...

Tocorón once had it all. A nightclub, swimming pools, tigers, a lavish suite and plenty of food. This was not a Las Vegas-style resort, but it felt like it for some of ...

About two-thirds of Texas prisons are not fully air conditioned, and dozens of inmates have died in the sweltering heat.

For transportation, detention, and potentially apprehension of migrants, the Trump administration is looking to the military.

The Trump administration sent Venezuelans to El Salvador’s most infamous prison. Their families are looking for answers.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge’s rebuke of Texas housing prisoners in lockups without air conditioning stopped short of ...

Texan authorities have been criticized over extreme heat in their prison system, where temperatures can routinely rise above ...