I HAVE BEEN IN PRISON for more than 30 years. When I came to prison, the corrections goal was isolation, retribution, and punishment. In the past decade, the mission changed to rehabilitation. I have ...

Many of the cells at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility are much smaller than the recommended prison standards. Most of the facility also lacks air conditioning. A crumbling correctional facility in ...

If you’re serving hard time inside a California prison, you’ll often find yourself stuck in a cramped cell with a complete stranger. You hang a bedsheet to manufacture the semblance of privacy between ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. As climate change exacerbates the risks of extreme heat across California, the state’s prison officials plan to embark ...

The prohibited goods were removed by authorities. — -- Mexican authorities discovered "luxury cells" inside a prison in the northern state of Nuevo Leon after they went in to investigate a deadly ...

On stifling days last summer, Reyes Miranda baked in his cell, the metal walls so hot to the touch that he worried he’d burn himself. At night, he slept on the cool concrete floor for relief. Miranda ...

After years of complaints about hot temperatures inside prison cells, California is finally embarking on a plan to cool some cells. But it’s only a test, and it will only help a fraction of inmates.