Most of us only know what prison life looks like thanks to movies and TV shows — and those tend to exaggerate almost everything. In reality, a lot of what people believe about prison is a mix of myths ...

Why do so many people return to crime after serving their sentence—even in Norway, with one of the world's most humane prison systems? That is the question Olea Linnea Andersson recently explored in ...

Prisons are not social dustbins, yet many societies continue to treat them as such. Prisons have drifted away from the ...

Nearly one month ago, I received an email from a high school student in the Midwest. He asked if he could interview me about using solitary confinement as a disciplinary measure in some prisons. This ...

During a support group at San Quentin State Prison in 2019, Rev. Susan Shannon invited more than 30 men into a circle. For weeks, the group had been talking about grief and loss. On this day, Shannon ...

Justice chiefs are facing calls to adopt a more “humane approach” after it emerged that inmates with intellectual and learning disabilities have faced harsh prison punishments almost 200 times in just ...

Union Minister Bandi Sanjay announces ₹950 crore for prison modernization, emphasizing reforms, technology, and ...