Jun. 14—ROCHESTER — What punishment fits a prison inmate's "crime" of simply laughing at the warden and his team? For some inmates at the Federal Medical Center in Rochester, it appears that a ...

Throughout California prisons, outdoor showers were condemned, water hoses in kitchen areas discontinued, and garbage disposal usage ceased. Numerous drinking fountains were turned off, and ice ...

An incarcerated person working at a North Carolina prison. As a workaround to a labor shortage, North Carolina is relying on some of its incarcerated workforce to install air conditioning in prisons. ...

NEWTON COUNTY, Ga. — A Newton County dad has been given 30 years in prison for subjecting his children to "extreme bootcamp style exercises" as punishment that experts witnesses likened to torture.

The 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude—except as punishment for a crime. This so-called "Except Clause" has long been used to justify forced ...

The last living hostages are home. Many have already left the hospital. The images of their reunions with loved ones are still fresh in the nation’s mind. A sense of relief is still palpable. But as ...