Can reading a book in jail change a prisoner’s life and even shorten his sentence? At the male dormitory of this city’s jail, this is not just a possibility but a reality. Detainees or persons ...

Books recounting torture in Syrian prisons or texts on radical Islamic theology now sit openly in Damascus bookstores, no ...

A federal judge entered a preliminary injunction against Milwaukee County in a lawsuit challenging the County Jail’s censorship of books, magazines and mail to inmates. The lawsuit filed by the ...

Savannah Chrisley got emotional while giving fans an update on her mom Julie Chrisley‘s life in prison. On the Tuesday, January 28, episode of her Unlocked podcast, she read a letter she ...

This month, check out new historical fiction by Pam Jenoff and a horror novel with an adaptation already in the works.

A Bellingham man who was detained in Whatcom County Jail without access to an attorney for over a month brought his case before a judge Tuesday to argue for his charges to be dropped.

The jail is my primary work location. I come here (WCLS Administrative Services office) maybe twice a month to get magazines and other materials that the branches have sent to me. The contract is for ...

Incarcerated parents get the chance to meet and hug their children without barriers in open-visits. Read more at straitstimes ...

While disposing of an undertrial prisoner's plea alleging mistreatment inside the Puzhal Central Prison, the Madras High Court emphasized that the education of a prisoner could provide scope ...

Child killer Roy Whiting told prison staff he was too scared to sleep in Harold Shipman's bed on Wakefield prison's D-wing as ...

The FBI would eventually call John Orr the most prolific serial arsonist of the 20th century, and when he went on trial in ...