Two Italian nationals living in the United States are among the inmates currently being held at the ICE detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” in Florida, according to Italy’s foreign ministry ...

In February 2024, prison officials launched a new group recreation program at the Polunsky Unit, the state's notoriously ...

LEE COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - Jeffrey Harrison, an inmate at Three Forks Regional Jail, was able to escape twice in just three ...

The report, by the Justice Department’s internal watchdog, comes after an investigative series by The Marshall Project and NPR exposed similar abuses.

A new program in the Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas, allows death row prisoners to mingle outside of solitary confinement.

“This inmate was able to grab the firearm and turn the first stage of the safety off,” he said. “With the shackles in place, that did not have to happen.” ...

Allegheny County Jail corrections officers and their supporters hope to overturn a four-year-old ban on the use of controversial tactics including restraint chairs, leg shackles, and chemical ...

The Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General found widespread abuse of shackles in federal prisons. One prisoner was held in restraints so tight that he had to have a limb amputated.