Dr. Michael Seale, chief medical officer for the Department of Corrections, talked about the broad challenges facing the ...

The Charleston County Jail has historically been surrounded by news of inmate deaths, concerns inside the facility and even a federal investigation, but a new administration says they are hoping to ...

The administration is signing billion-dollar contracts with private prison operators. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is attempting to increase its detention capacity by 100,000.

Because immigration and visa violations are civil, not criminal matters, ICE detention is supposed to be "non-punitive," ...

President Trump’s immigration crackdown ensnared Kseniia Petrova, a scientist who fled Russia after protesting its invasion ...

Listen to this article China announced Friday that it will raise tariffs on U.S. goods from 84% to 125% — the latest salvo in an escalating trade war between the world’s two largest economies that has ...

A 2024 report found women held at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Basile complained of filth and abusive ...

Fresh off of sounding the alarm that declining oil prices could be a sign of a coming economic downturn, former Trump ...

Opinion: Georgetown Law's Vida Johnson and Amanda Rogers say the Bureau of Prisons' personnel shortage, combined with recent Trump policy changes, are creating more safety risks for people who are ...

The move is part of Trump's broader agenda to reduce federal government size and empower states, a policy he has advocated since his 2015 campaign. Trump’s plan to cut federal agencies shifts ...

while the Alabama Legislature gave final approval to ensure funding for another mega-prison. The Republican governors in both states have proposed building new prisons as a partial solution to ...

Michael Lerma, 68, was convicted of racketeering and murder in a trial that showed how he called the shots for gangs in his hometown of Pomona and took over his wing of a federal jail in downtown Los ...