There were no bars on the windows, no barbed wire, no high walls. This did not feel or look like any prison I had visited before. Inside it felt warm and looked welcoming in pinky pastel colours. The ...

America’s old jails and prisons stand as grim testaments of some of the country’s darkest chapters. They were often the ...

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A man who was serving a 57-year state prison term for killing a rival in the Antelope Valley and has been featured in two documentaries about his rehabilitation efforts while behind bars was ...

In El Salvador, the movement of families of people deprived of their liberty is sustaining a struggle for a community stripped of its humanity and reimagining justice in the process.

He once covered himself in hand lotion and slipped out a window of the supermax prison. CRANSTON – Murderer James Silvia, who has served a half century behind bars, made his first prison escape ...

Prisoners enjoyed the luxury of student-hall style rooms with en-suites, were called 'residents' and didn't even have bars on their windows at the 1,700-capacity category C prison. They had aimed ...

There were no bars on the windows, no barbed wire, no high walls. This did not feel or look like any prison I had visited before. Inside it felt warm and looked welcoming in pinky pastel colours.