The issue of incarceration has profound effects not only on the individuals who are imprisoned but also on their families and children. Research has increasingly focused on understanding these ...

What a person gets locked up for can add more strain; depending on the nature of the crime there could be shame and embarrassment for the family of the person incarcerated, and the inmate deals ...

Japanese Americans held in prison camps were allowed to return home. But much of what they'd left behind was gone: homes, ...

The Union County Sheriff's Office is warning residents about a scam targeting family members of incarcerated individuals.

Providing phone and video calls from prison is a billion-dollar industry, with incarcerated people footing the bill. WISDOM aims to change this by making phone and video calls from prison free in ...

A state lawmaker said he was joining an open records lawsuit planned to be filed by the family of an inmate who died in September 2024 while incarcerated at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in. State ...

"We now understand that incarcerating alone just continues that generational cycle," Sarah Stitt said. "That's what the issue ...

Despite having some of the nation’s lowest crime rates, Idaho incarcerates more women per capita than any other state. Women ...