Visitation isn’t just about seeing someone face-to-face. It’s about being reminded of who you are beyond the confines of ...

The long-time real estate developer – perhaps best known in the Roanoke Valley for his marriage to the late movie star Debbie ...

In recent years, the Milwaukee County Community Reintegration Center has shifted from an emphasis on punishment toward ...

For a century, Americans have embraced a punitive approach to addiction—one that has undermined treatment efforts.

Despite terrorizing hundreds of fellow children, teens who make a violent threat usually get mental health treatment, not ...

A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing its new prison policy that would ...

Ending capital punishment had been a dormant issue in Indiana, but advocates now believe a Republican-led effort to abolish ...

The debate on whether the death penalty deters and lowers rates of crime is a long-simmering one, with both sides variously ...

Sentenced to death for killing two children in 1963, Leon Tice's sentence was commuted a month before Iowa abolished capital punishment in 1965.

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing its anti-trans prison policy against three transgender ...

A 55-year-old man who pled guilty to drug dealing charges but claimed he was a changed man has been sentenced to life in ...