Deep in Colorado sits ADX Florence, the most secure prison in the United States. Built to contain terrorists, cartel leaders, ...

Alcatraz was designed to be America’s ultimate prison: cold water, brutal currents, constant head counts, guard towers, ...

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President Donald Trump wants to convert Alcatraz back into a federal prison, decades after the California island fortress was converted into a U.S. tourist destination because it had become too costly ...

Prison reform is reducing inmate populations from big America cities — but, in many suburbs and rural communities, it's just the reverse. The same crimes that call for probation or just months in jail ...

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The largest private prison company in America is changing its name in an attempt to overhaul a business that has been dogged by accusations of inmate abuse and violence. Corrections Corporation of ...