A December 2024 order prompted by class actions required the US Bureau of Prisons to provide proper safeguards to prevent ...

The Sentencing Project's new fact sheet highlights a dramatic increase in the number of women incarcerated in the US, with ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Governor Kathy Hochul will not sign the Omnibus Prison Reform Package, she announced on Tuesday. It's just one ...

A DIVERSE GROUP of organizations working toward prison reform came together for a discussion about building coalitions, power ...

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 ...

One year ago tonight, Robert Brooks of Greece was killed inside a state prison in central New York. Six former guards are now ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed budget items for prison air-conditioning and free inmate phone calls. Advocates had pushed for the initiatives, citing concerns about inmate well-being and recidivism ...

Georgetown officially launched the Prisons and Justice Initiative to examine the problems of mass incarceration in the United States at its inaugural event in Gaston Hall on Tuesday. The panel ...

San Quentin prison is now a place that provides prisoners hope and the chance to change. Gov. Gavin Newsom has kept intact more than $200 million from his prior budget to revamp San Quentin. On a ...

For Robert Brooks Jr., the murder of his father last year at the hands of multiple correction officers at Marcy Correctional Facility has transformed his life.

In the wake of Robert Brooks’ death at the hands of corrections officers at Marcy Correctional Facility late last year, lawmakers in Albany are now set to approve a new omnibus bill meant to increase ...

William Lieber, Trinity ‘25, was named one of thirty-two students in the United States in receipt of the selective Rhodes Scholarship, making him the 57th Duke alumnus to receive the honor. Lieber ...