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 ...

The Marshall Project is a nonprofit newsroom covering the U.S. criminal justice system. Sign up for our newsletters to receive all of our stories and analysis. Using information from a federal ...

Emad Shargi, who was released from Iran's Evin prison in 2023, said "it's important" that President Trump "hears that there ...

Alcatraz Island, “The Rock,” a former federal penitentiary in San Fransisco Bay, is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, on November 12, 2015. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/TNS) ...

Federal Prisons, and state prisons across the country, are suffering from a lack of workers to fill these important jobs. What will it take to change it. The staffing crisis in American prisons did ...

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 ...

Former congressman George Santos (R-New York), who served 84 days in federal prison before receiving a presidential commutation on Friday, says he knows what he wants to do with his life now that he ...

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 ...