The U.S. went through a prison-building boom decades ago. But today, many prisons are closing down, and that's hit some economies in rural America especially hard. A lot of U.S. prisons are closing ...

For more than 40 years, the United States—a nation that putatively cherishes freedom—has had one of the largest prison systems in the world. Mass incarceration has been so persistent and pervasive ...

In many prisons, gangs dominate internal life. Often, they operate under strict codes of conduct and foster a culture of fear. Despite constant pressure from the prison staff, gangs continue to thrive ...

Bryan Kohberger is set to spend the rest of his life in one of America’s worst prisons — a maximum-security hellhole that faces accusations of feces-smeared cages, brutally violent guards, rioting ...

The Trump administration is escalating efforts to crack down on gangs that move illicit drugs into the United States, with deadly military strikes at sea and measures to toughen up borders taking ...

A lot of U.S. prisons are closing down, after the industry went through a building boom decades ago. It was a complicated calculus with a lot of social impacts, but it's also hit the economic fortunes ...