French publication of Michel Foucault’s dark masterpiece, Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison. A book of vast historical scope, written with lyrical intensity, it is one of the most ...

A man who spent time in prison due to substance abuse issues has revealed six habits he still maintains from his incarceration. Derrick Moore, from Alaska, USA, is a motivational speaker and ...

Besides acknowledging the panopticon’s significance in the history of prison design, Foucault treated it as prototypical of a new social dynamic: the emergence of institutions and disciplines seeking ...

Reducing reoffending is one of the main goals of criminal justice interventions. Reducing reoffending leads to fewer victims, greater community safety, and less pressure on and lower costs for the ...

The pair dated in 2019, shortly after a release from prison, where he was serving time over a deadly high-speed crash which resulted in the death of an 88-year-old woman four years earlier.

But on January 21, she was segregated from the general population at a women’s facility, moved into a “special housing unit,” and told that she would be transferred to a men’s prison ...

I spent more hours than I can count meeting with teenage clients in the dingy visiting room at the Oak Hill Youth Center, Washington’s youth prison. Infested with rats, roaches and even snakes ...

Philip Luther, a senior research advisor at Amnesty International, has described Anadolu’s footage from Sednaya Prison in Syria as an "important piece of evidence," reinforcing the organization ...

That provision is better known by its more common name: the 2003 Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). The legislation, passed under the Bush administration to combat the rampant sexual abuse in U.S ...

Child killer Axel Rudakubana has not been assaulted in prison, according to official confirmation. The 18-year-old was sentenced on Thursday to a minimum of 52 years in prison for the murders ...

Saydnaya Prison, a notorious detention facility located just outside of Damascus, Syria, has become a symbol of human rights abuses and the horrors of Syria's ongoing civil war. For years, it has been ...