Idaho and Indiana AGs argue the Eighth Amendment doesn't require states to fund gender reassignment surgery for prison ...

The prisoners write in carefully lettered script or on old electric typewriters. There are sometimes grammatical errors or misspellings. But the language is direct. They describe facing Stage 4 cancer ...

A coalition of 24 states are appealing a court order to provide prisoners with "risky, controversial, and medically debated ...

Christy and Darren Smith with a portrait of their late son, Joshua England, in front of their home in Fairview, Oklahoma. He died of a ruptured appendix while serving a one-year sentence at an ...

Over the past decade, Minnesota's prisons have experienced officer assaults, lockdowns, and chronic staffing shortages. They have faced allegations of substandard medical care, inhumane living ...