Jefferson City may be known as Missouri’s capital, but it’s also home to one of the state’s most compelling historic sites. The Missouri State Penitentiary, which operated from 1836 to 2004, is one of ...

James Comer’s case helped end de facto life sentences for young offenders in New Jersey. He had been convicted of felony murder as a teenager, after his companion in a robbery shot a victim. By Maia ...

We were standing by a large white board in one of the prison’s educational areas, debriefing how our study on hope had gone when the man slipped into the room without a sound. Like the other ...

Autism in prison often means that exclusion from the general inmate population. If the person is also a sex offender, it means of life of isolation and abuse in prison. Incarceration is challenging ...