The Marshall Project reports on how the Trump administration's efforts—from mass deportation to harsher punishments for some ...

Bukele, however, has proven to be a highly effective executive, and is obviously confident in the law enforcement and prison system he has built in the country. By all appearances, he is going to ...

Islam is quickly becoming the dominant faith in America’s prison system. According to a recent CBS report, tens of thousands ...

Above all, staff needs support. And there are techniques for keeping violence in check. Everybody — officers, inmates and ...

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has sharply reduced violence but is criticized for his authoritarian style and harsh ...

In a failing British prison system there is one place that works. That helps criminals like Mr Smith to reform and ...

El Salvador's notorious maximum-security Terrorism Confinement Center is harsh, dangerous and cruel. And that's just what its supporters say.

Families and lawyers fear for the deportees who may face indefinite detention in a prison known for human rights abuses.

Donald Trump has long fantasized instituting draconian punishments for all manner of crimes. The president has previously ...

"American Prison" author Shane Bauer highlights a few key moments in the history of prison-as-profit in America, drawing from research he conducted for the book.

El Salvador has the highest prison population rate in the world. The US administration intends to increase the number of ...

Women in this facility endure dehumanizing procedures that contradict every value espoused in the Governor’s river of ...