According to The Sentencing Project, 72.1% of federal prisoners are serving time for a nonviolent offense and have no history ...

Due to a 2024 policy change by the state, nonprofits that have sent free books to prisoners for over 50 years can’t serve ...

Gov. Reeves said Louisiana's infamous Angola prison under Burl Cain went from "beatings to Bible studies." What has he done for Mississippi's prisons?

From page-turning sci-fi and real-life accounts from the wildfire frontlines to a thought-provoking look at the history of ...

There was lots to count in 2024. From the number of babies born and the number of parking tickets doled out, to the number of ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

WASHINGTON − President Joe Biden said he was commuting the sentences of nearly every inmate on federal death row, a move meant to stop President-elect Donald Trump from restarting stalled ...

South Carolina prison inmates recorded storybooks to gift their children for Christmas as part of the Riley's Readers program. Tyson Fury breaks silence after storming out of ring following ...

If their death sentences were commuted, the prisoners, all convicted of murder, would serve life without parole. Biden, a devout Catholic, spoke with Francis on Thursday and is scheduled to meet ...

A Muslim-convert inmate slashed the face of the Finsbury Park terror attacker in HMP Frankland following an argument over a book. Daniel Service, 33, was serving a ...

A 28-year-old detention officer in Texas is dead after allegedly being attacked by an inmate while he was returning the inmate to his cell. During a news conference Tuesday, Ellis County Sheriff ...