When you think of a prison town, you probably think of a place like Huntsville, Texas. Or maybe Forrest City, Ark. Or Susanville, Calif. Even if you don’t know them by name, you know the type: places ...

In Houston’s jail, where the population is at its highest in a decade, 24 people have died this year. More than half had a history of mental problems. Dallas Garcia, the mother of an inmate killed in ...

The demolition of a Manhattan jail complex to make way for a bigger one has damaged a neighboring building and raised concerns about years of dust and disruption. By Stefanos Chen and Mable Chan ...

The family of Samuel Lawrence, one of 10 people to die in Georgia’s Fulton County Jail in 2023, is fighting for answers and accountability. “I got to think about him every day of my life and I don’t ...