The race for the documentary feature Academy Award spotlights quality filmmaking, but also requires a whole lot of money and the support of international doc branch voters. This year’s crop of top ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Todd ‘Fox’ Morgan was killed last week at Salinas Valley State Prison. Authorities said three inmates — all ...

The Guatemalan government announced Friday that it will ask the United States for an FBI team of experts to help recapture the leaders of the Barrio 18 gang who escaped from a prison. Last week, the ...

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People who expect to be impacted by the upcoming Medicaid and SNAP cuts delivered Eulogies to bring attention to Alabamians they say could die as a result The Alabama Forestry Commission is calling on ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A new HBO documentary is bringing national attention to the problems behind Alabama’s prison walls, and it was topic of discussion in the state legislature’s joint prison ...

Razor wire fencing surrounds the Idaho Department of Correction’s Idaho Maximum Security Institution, in Kuna. Sarah A. Miller Sarah A. Miller for ProPublica A Boise attorney resigned her law license ...

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - Seven criminal street gang members were tried, convicted, and sentenced for gang-related crimes and other crimes, according to Lynchburg Commonwealth’s Attorney Bethany A.S.

The Alabama Solution (now streaming on HBO Max) is a documentary primed to make a difference. After a decade working on the film, directors Andrew Jarecki (whose filmography includes hard-hitting docs ...

President Bernardo Arévalo called an overhaul of his country’s prison system an “absolute priority” after 20 inmates accused of belonging to the Barrio 18 group were found to have escaped undetected.

Twenty members of a gang designated a "foreign terrorist organization" by the United States have escaped from detention in Guatemala, a prison chief said Sunday. The members of the Barrio 18 gang ...

Twenty members of a gang designated a "foreign terrorist organization" by the United States have escaped from detention in Guatemala, a prison chief said Sunday. The members of the Barrio 18 gang ...