A group of Brazilian women behind bars applied makeup, donned gowns and competed in a singing contest held on Friday in a Rio ...

At the frontlines of the drug crisis, Marck Rivera and his group of volunteer EMTs practice harm-reduction in the streets of ...

Themes of guilt, punishment and redemption are common currency in prison dramas, but Petra Volpe's terrific Frank & Louis ...

A former Illinois sheriff’s deputy was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for fatally shooting Sonya Massey, who had ...

It was already a pretty weird week, what with Tulsi Gabbard—the official in charge of gathering foreign intelligence—showing ...

As a child, John Forté was a violin prodigy from a bad part of Brooklyn who earned a scholarship to an exclusive private high school in the Northeast. His life took him from working as an A&R ...

As Venezuela’s interim authorities began to release political prisoners, some of their families raced to the notorious prison that symbolized Nicolás Maduro’s authoritarian rule. By Patricia Sulbarán ...

Many jails and prisons around the country don't provide medication treatment for opioid use disorder. Studies show that ...

Families of the 67 people who died in an aircraft collision last January gathered on Wednesday evening to mark the first ...

Millions of beads later, it's time for Jay Carnes to reflect and relax.

Notices have been issued to the digital intermediaries hosting the songs in question. Some of the flagged songs have since been removed or geo-blocked in India.

A groundbreaking film on Alabama’s prison system is a step closer to one of Hollywood’s highest honors. The Academy of Motion ...