A Washington lawmaker has introduced legislation that would prevent an inmate convicted of a physical or sexual assault from being housed in a cell with another ...

In 1971, the artist Faith Ringgold received a grant to make a painting for a public institution in New York City. She decided ...

A new law will require the Department of Corrections to help state inmates to get some form of state identification before they are released. The law, which went into effect in January, requires the ...