Children as young as 12 are allegedly confined for weeks at a time with no education or human contact, a lawsuit claims.

(CBS News) PARCHMAN, Miss. - In 1990, when former prison guard Christopher Epps was the deputy superintendent at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in rural Parchman, he oversaw the construction of a ...

Thousands of people in the Federal Bureau of Prisons system who have been serving time at home due to the risks posed by COVID-19 may be able to remain under home confinement even after the Biden ...

The Bureau of Prisons is facing scrutiny for re-incarcerating people in home confinement over minor offenses, even as the agency relies on the program more to help reduce recidivism and prison ...

Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) led Democrats in introducing legislation Thursday to end solitary confinement in federal prisons, jails and detention centers. The End Solitary Confinement Act would cap the ...

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