New York should enact the Second Look Act, which lets people apply for resentencing after serving 10 years or half of their ...

Trump's executive order eliminating transgender rights in prison will hurt or kill trans prisoners, experts warn.

New York should enact the Second Look Act, which lets people apply for resentencing after serving 10 years or half of their sentences.

President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of Terence Richardson and Ferrone Claiborne—two men sentenced to life despite ...

People incarcerated alongside me say they want the Democratic Party to stop focusing on demonizing Trump and instead focus on ...

Last year, six prisoners at Red Onion State Prison, a supermax facility on the state’s rural west side, intentionally burned themselves, prompting scrutiny of the prison from lawmakers and the public.

As of Thursday afternoon, more than 180,000 Los Angeles residents have been ordered to evacuate as deadly fires ravage the city. Hurricane-force winds reaching up to 100 miles per hour whipped the ...

The Appeal has created the first national database of prison commissary lists. Using the tool below, you can access full lists from the vast majority of U.S. states and see prices for many products ...

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