The nation’s prison population grew for the second consecutive year in 2023, reversing more than a decade of steady decline.

A new prison population report from the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics, released before the federal shutdown, shows ...

America's prison population is growing older at a pace that some experts say is unsustainable. As of 2022, the latest year with available data, people 55 and over made up nearly 1 in 6 prisoners — a ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Keith Humphreys, professor at Stanford, about the falling prison population in the U.S., and the reasons behind that trend. For much of modern history, the U.S. has held ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Republican state Sen. Kevin Jensen of the Canton area has a specific number in mind. “If we can get the recidivism down to about 20%, that would open up about 200 beds a ...

Colorado Department of Corrections Correctional Officer David Aldana walks along the third level of cell house #8 at the Fremont Correctional Facility during a formal count at the prison in Canon City ...

America’s federal prisons are decaying and overcrowded, contributing to violence among inmates and undermining opportunities for rehabilitation. But thanks to an infusion of federal cash authorized by ...

The nation’s prison population grew for the second consecutive year in 2023, reversing more than a decade of steady decline.