Corrections is not only about punishment or security. It is where everything we fail to fix upstream finally shows up.

Explore the full history of prison systems, from ancient punishment methods to today’s complex correctional institutions.

Over the last several decades, the United States earned the title of “incarceration nation.” From 1980-2020, this country led the world in sending people to jails and prisons and incarcerated a larger ...

America’s federal prisons are decaying and overcrowded, contributing to violence among inmates and undermining opportunities for rehabilitation. But thanks to an infusion of federal cash authorized by ...

Prison cells in Alcatraz’s now-defunct maximum-security penitentiary (via miss_millions/Flickrstream) The United States has the largest documented number of ...

Inside Jared Kushner's personal crusade to reform America's prisons Amid the daily turmoil and intrigue of President Donald Trump’s West Wing, senior adviser Jared Kushner has been quietly pursuing a ...

A documentary chronicling Alabama’s notorious prison system has dropped on HBO. “The Alabama Solution” is a nearly two-hour look at the state’s maximum-security lockups, using footage from inside ...

Jarecki and Kaufman were soon told to stop filming, but their quest to find out more led ‍to a six-year investigation into the ​U.S. state's prison system and the documentary "The Alabama Solution".

Guards' strike, staff shortages and rising violence plague New York corrections facilities as reform legislation awaits ...

Ah, the muck and mire that is the for-profit prison system in America. Doesn't matter what side you take on any of the issues surrounding how we're the world's #1 country of people incarcerated per ...

States of all political stripes, including Oklahoma, North Dakota and Massachusetts, have sent officials to tour prisons in Germany in search of ways to improve conditions for American inmates. At ...

As students filed into Goldwin Smith Lewis Auditorium last Tuesday for GOVT 3141: Prisons, a different face than Prof. Mary Katzenstein, government, greeted them at the front of the room. Brian ...