"All the people in prison that I know want to work. We just want to do it on our own terms," writes Steve Brooks.

Cal Poly Humboldt’s bachelor’s program offers new opportunity to people incarcerated at maximum-security Pelican Bay State ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is investigating the death of inmate Nick Vedol Lopez, 55, at ...

Teixeira, 22, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston after pleading guilty in March to perpetrating ...

In a setback to California’s historic reparations effort, voters rejected a ballot measure that would have ended forced labor ...

Unlocking the Truth’ is a documentary film that focuses on the experiences of the ex-prisoners and guards of the infamous ...

The lawsuit alleges a corrections officer fired the shot when the inmate was on the ground and “posed no threat.” ...

It was in 1971 when a psychological experiment helmed by Professor Philip Zimbardo began with a group of willing participants ...

Teixeira, of North Dighton, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in March to six counts of the willful retention and transmission of ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The results from the California's 10 propositions continue to come in and recently, Proposition 6 failed. It was meant to ban forced prison labor and advocates behind the measure ...

The Ventura County Sheriff's Department arrested an inmate assigned to the Mountain Fire after he walked away from the base ...