Ever wonder what makes a prison notorious—and not just tough? The most dangerous prisons in America are feared for a reason, from extreme violence and torture-like solitary confinement to deadly ...

Hidden in Colorado and surrounded by the Rocky Mountains, ADX Florence was designed around one central objective: extreme ...

SAN FRANCISCO—The triple-decker ferry from Pier 33 rushed toward its bleak destination over a mile across the cold, restless waters of San Francisco Bay. Once a fortress of isolation, the former ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An incarcerated person sits inside a housing block at California’s San Quentin State Prison. An incarcerated person sits inside a ...

Hidden in the Colorado mountains, ADX Florence is considered the most secure prison in the United States. Designed to hold terrorists, cartel leaders, mob bosses, and some of the country's most ...

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Now that President Donald Trump has signed a bipartisan criminal justice bill into law, it is worth looking at this issue in more fundamental terms. I would like to suggest a ...

The largest private prison company in America is changing its name in an attempt to overhaul a business that has been dogged by accusations of inmate abuse and violence. Corrections Corporation of ...

Prison reform is reducing inmate populations from big America cities — but, in many suburbs and rural communities, it's just the reverse. The same crimes that call for probation or just months in jail ...

America’s federal prisons are decaying and overcrowded, contributing to violence among inmates and undermining opportunities for rehabilitation. But thanks to an infusion of federal cash authorized by ...