Advocates for incarcerated men and women say they are determined to keep the public spotlight on the “humanitarian crisis” depicted in the new HBO documentary about Alabama prisons. They held a press ...

Erie County government used inmates to remove snow in December without judicial approval. The county executive defended the program, stating it used "low-risk" inmates and followed internal vetting ...

People associate the words prison labor with coercion and exploitation, with inmates paid peanuts to do menial work for the government or its contractors. If you hear that phrase, you probably don't ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — The Free Alabama Movement is calling for a shutdown, or an inmate work strike, on Feb. 8, 2026. It’s all a part of an effort to change the prison conditions witnessed in the ...

At the Southern Maine Women's Reentry Center, inmates gain business skills to rebuild lives post-incarceration, offering hope ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Friday afternoon to reform California's inmate firefighter program. "Inmates who have stood on the frontlines battling historic fires should ...

Over two decades, a minimum-security prison aimed at helping inmates prepare to leave prison was a point of civic pride. Now, state officials have converted it to ICE detention. Over two decades, a ...

FOLSOM, Calif. — At Folsom Prison, 18 inmates are transcribing literature, math and music into braille for visually impaired children in California and beyond, in partnership with the California ...