As its latest defense in an ongoing court battle, New York’s state prison agency is arguing that the core of a landmark solitary confinement reform law does not apply to the vast majority of the ...

By outlawing indefinite solitary confinement for death row inmates, Oklahoma joins states like Hawaii, Connecticut, and New York, which have ended this practice in recent years. Some prisoners remain ...

*R. Kelly is under investigation at his federal prison facility in Butner, North Carolina, after officials discovered he possessed the personal phone number of a retired warden, leading to his ...

An inmate reads inside the Harris County jail, Thursday, March 29, 2018, in Houston. An inmate stands inside the Harris County jail, Thursday, March 29, 2018, in Houston. Inmates who have either just ...