Fair Play ATL says Atlanta does not have an adequate Human Rights Action Plan just months before the FIFA World Cup.

Michigan’s prison population has begun to rise slightly after years of decline, bringing correctional facilities closer to full capacity.

Potter County leaders say time is running out to confront jail overcrowding, rising costs and new laws that could dramatically increase the number of inmates held locally. After receiving a ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Jim Wells County commissioner is raising concerns about the growing cost of housing and transporting inmates as jails across Texas continue to deal with overcrowding. “That's ...

Twenty-three people have died since October in ICE custody, as advocates warn about overcrowding and health care access.

Attorney General Anthony Brown has launched a civil rights probe into allegations that a holding facility in Baltimore is overcrowded, dangerous and unsanitary.

The Statehouse comes one week after “Alabama Solution” director Andrew Jarecki publicly invited Ivey and Attorney General Steve Marshall to Los Angeles for a Saturday night screening of the film ...

It was a joyful surprise visit at snack time, as the women at A New Way of Life crowded around their mentor, Susan Burton. This house in Montebello is home to seven women, all with long histories of ...

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