Complaints of understaffing, ignored medical emergencies and other concerns at the Indian Creek Correctional Center state prison in Chesapeake are included in a recent federal lawsuit seeking ...

A 33-year-old federal inmate’s death by gunfire has exposed troubling questions about safety protocols and transparency within America’s prison system, leaving his devastated family searching for ...

Former inmates and officials say synthetic drugs like K2, frequent lockdowns and limited addiction treatment fuel overdose risks in South Dakota prisons.

A 58-year-old Florida death row inmate claimed that prison officials used expired drugs and skimped on the doses for the last four executions in the state, according to a bombshell lawsuit filed a ...

Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman discussed their film with The Hollywood Reporter at the recent SCAD Savannah Film Festival. By Scott Feinberg Executive Editor of Awards After they left that day, ...

South Dakota’s outsized prison death count extends beyond overdoses, and more than half the deaths have been preventable.

The number of preventable prison deaths in South Dakota should spark serious responses, candidates for the state’s top ...