Currently, a good deal of treatment is being provided for mentally ill inmates within the prison system, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) of the US Department of Justice. [1] A ...

As another round of extreme low temperatures sweeps parts of the U.S., people in dilapidated jails and prisons face an increased risk of illness and even death. The threat of losing power, poor ...

Over the past year, journalists at The Marshall Project have persistently covered the many ways people are dying in prisons and jails across the United States. In our ongoing series, Dying Behind Bars ...

The Federal Communications Commission voted to roll back limits on how much companies can charge incarcerated people and their families for phone and video calls. The 2-1 vote in late October reverses ...

>> HERE IN LITTLE ROCK TODAY, THE FCC CHAIRMAN ANNOUNCED THAT THE COMMISSION, WHEN THEY MEET AT THE END OF THE MONTH, WILL VOTE ON LIFTING A BAN THAT WOULD ALLOW STATE PRISONS AND LOCAL COUNTY JAILS ...