This woman has written to incarcerated people for six years. Through hundreds of letters, here’s what she’s learned about death in prison.

Following years of controversy surrounding lethal injections, the state is looking to automate the process of shooting people sentenced to death.

Wisconsin announced plans in 2025 to close a maximum security prison by 2029, but the plan still remains unclear.

Alabama’s prison homicide rate is among the highest in the country, leaving many changed people to die behind bars. I remember the first day I stepped foot inside a prison. It was 1995. The place was ...

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Some incarcerated people at a prison in Tennessee have speculated that guards want weekends off to watch football.

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