In the heart of Africa's correctional system, the World Prison Brief estimates a prison population of 3.8 million people, nearly one-third of the global prison population of 11.5 million. Ghana's ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is now facing two wrongful death lawsuits after women were murdered during conjugal visits last year with their husbands, who were ...

Scott Childers has been federally indicted on charges of making false statements and violating the civil rights of individuals in custody ...

The Union government on Thursday notified the appointment of Justice Surya Kant as the next Chief Justice of India (CJI), marking the first time a jurist from Haryana will occupy the country’s highest ...

CHANDIGARH: Justice Surya Kant, the most senior Supreme Court judge, is poised to assume the office of Chief Justice of India (CJI) next month. Few are aware of the extraordinary journey that brought ...

ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. — A new lawsuit accuses Adams County of ending in-person jail visits in a scheme to profit off inmates and their families by allowing only phone and video visits that cost money.

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) is set to launch a dedicated Visitation Unit and a new online application ...

Officials with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections have announced a new plan to improve visitation at Oklahoma’s prisons.

Michael B. Mushlin, Chair of the Subcommittee on Judicial Visits to Prisons and Jails, responds to a recent op-ed by Lauren ...

A group of Colorado children — the youngest barely old enough for kindergarten at just four years old — are suing the Adams County Sheriff and a telecommunications company, HomeWav, over the jail’s ...