Despite work to improve the justice system, insufficient attention is paid to conditions behind bars. Prisons and jails must ...

Another former inmate of the Blair County Prison has filed a civil rights complaint with the federal District Court in Johns­town — the 11th such petition in the past two months. The inmate, Glay L.

Vulnerable prisoners inside one of the country’s most overcrowded prisons are being put at risk, a watchdog has warned, after 16 self-inflicted deaths in three years. HMP Leeds recorded the highest ...

California's $17.5 billion prison system is over budget, contributing to a projected state deficit. Gov. Gavin Newsom has cut spending with prison closures.

A prison has been criticised for "sustained overcrowding" and "unacceptably high" levels of violence. HMP Bullingdon, near ...