Americans have been shocked by revelations of the abuse of Iraqi detainees at the hands of US troops. Politicians from the President on down have called the abuse -un-American- and -inconsistent with ...

Over the span of a single week at the end of March, a Michigan prisoner was found dead inside his cell in what authorities are investigating as a homicide, two inmates died inside New York City’s ...

Ever wonder what makes a prison notorious—and not just tough? The most dangerous prisons in America are feared for a reason, from extreme violence and torture-like solitary confinement to deadly ...

The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island and the Roger Williams University School of Law Prisoners’ Rights Clinic are joining once again to challenge policies restricting Native American ...

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 ...

Read on to learn a bit about eight historic American prisons, all open to some extent to the public, and each with its story of notorious inmates, murder and mayhem. Most of these slammers offer tours ...