Sexual abuse of incarcerated individuals causes significant harm. The physical and psychological trauma is obvious. According to research, even supposedly consensual relationships undermine the security of the prison.
American prisons may house many gang members, but they control most violence. There is no evidence to support the rhetoric around gangs controlling US prisons.
Alabama's prison problems got the Department of Justice's attention, but will new construction be enough to fix them? Advocates say no.
The First Step Act lets prisoners earn time credits by participating in programs and activities in prison, but it relies on the BOP to do so.
a pair of new studies from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation suggests that the reduction in jail and prison populations not made communities more dangerous. In fact, the studies suggest, reducing incarceration have actually made them safer.
Attorney General Merrick Garland's decision to require body cams for federal agents serving and executing warrants is a step forward.