A new class at the University of Wisconsin Law School aims to teach students about the perspectives of different people who ...

While mentoring a juvenile in a detention center who was facing a 25- to 50-year prison sentence, a loud bang echoed from across the room. Another participant in the program had become extremely angry ...

Hundreds of prisoners are battling the devastating Los Angeles wildfires through a longstanding program with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). Two major wildfires, as ...

PASADENA, Calif. (KABC) -- Hundreds of the firefighters working tirelessly on the fire lines to protect lives and property in Southern California are actually serving time in prison. As two historic ...

As 2025 began, Los Angeles was ravaged by historic fires. Residents were forced to rely on firefighters to bravely confront walls of flames that threatened their homes and lives. Among the crews that ...

Eduardo Ramirez takes photographs at ''The View From Here'' at Paradigm Gallery. Ramirez made two paintings for the exhibit while he was incarcerated, including ''Radiohead,'' (left). After he was ...

Anna Stein is using her role to spotlight rehabilitation and strengthen support for people leaving incarceration.

Using in-depth interviews with mothers with incarcerated adult children, I found that mothers perform care work and engage with what I call the carceral care economy. I define the carceral care ...

When a wildfire approaches a prison and an evacuation warning is issued, what are the health risks that incarcerated people ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - As fires continue to rage across the Los Angeles area, 939 incarcerated firefighters and staff have joined the front lines to support the efforts of local fire crews, the California ...

Health and access to adequate health care are fundamental human rights that should be enjoyed by all people. Yet, incarcerated people in Connecticut are placed into environments that are harmful for ...

12:53 p.m. Sept. 17, 2025: An earlier version of this story said that Assembly Bill 218 would require prison officials to draft rules by 2027 to recommend incarcerated firefighters for resentencing.