Prisons

Inmates at Louisiana State Prison in Angola, La., march down a dusty trail on May 30, 1977, en route to working in the fields.

The True History of America's Private Prison Industry

Before founding the Corrections Corporation of America, a $1.8 billion priv...

Before founding the Corrections Corporation of America, a $1.8 billion private prison corporation now known as CoreCivic, Terrell Don Hutto ran a cotton plantation the size of Manhattan. There, mostly black convicts were forced to...

There’s a War on Books in Prisons

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Picture of Alcatraz prison, after the June 1962 escape.

Alleged Letter From Alcatraz Prisoner Suggests Inmates Survived 1962 Escape

The letter claims to be from John Anglin, one of three men who escaped in 1...

The letter claims to be from John Anglin, one of three men who escaped in 1962

Aaron Hernandez sits in the courtroom of the Attleboro District Court during his hearing on Aug. 22, 2013 in North Attleboro, MA.

Disgraced Former NFL Star Aaron Hernandez Found Dead in Prison Cell

He was acquitted in a double murder trial days earlier

Death-row inmates Bruce Earl Ward, left, and Don William Davis.

Arkansas Executions: What's Next for the Inmates Who Were Scheduled to Die

Three executions stall, but 5 others may go forward

A simplistic photo of a round, modern, programmable digital thermostat, on a clean white wall in heating mode.

Your Smart Thermostat Could Take Down the Internet

These are today's best ideas

Youth Prisons Don’t Work. Here’s What Does.

'We owe it to young people and their families to invest in community-based ...

'We owe it to young people and their families to invest in community-based interventions that actually work'

The True History of America's Private Prison Industry

There’s a War on Books in Prisons

Alleged Letter From Alcatraz Prisoner Suggests Inmates Survived 1962 Escape

Disgraced Former NFL Star Aaron Hernandez Found Dead in Prison Cell

Arkansas Executions: What's Next for the Inmates Who Were Scheduled to Die

Your Smart Thermostat Could Take Down the Internet

Youth Prisons Don’t Work. Here’s What Does.

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