Originally, though, the panopticon was what the British political philosopher Jeremy Bentham proposed as a new model of prison architecture at the end of the 18th century. The design was ingenious. It ...

In August, Hanes pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 24 years in prison. In November ... to evoke the image of fattening a pig over time before slaughtering it. In this analogy, the pig is the victim, ...

The Colorado Supreme Court pondered an unusual question on Wednesday: When a previous decision relied on an analogy, but the ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced last week that President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador had agreed to accept deportees from the U.S. convicted of crimes, and also offered to house incarcerated ...

Prison Cell 211 is an upcoming Netflix series, revealed in their lineup of shows for February 2025. The show is adapted from ...

Prison Cell 211 is an intense Netflix series set to premiere on February 5, 2025, with all six episodes released simultaneously. Inspired by the real-life 2023 prison riot in Ciudad Juárez ...

In Prison Cell 211, a human rights lawyer finds himself stuck behind the walls when a deadly riot erupts in the Ciudad Juárez prison where he was visiting a client. Not great! The six-episode ...

Inmate Tam Le, 53, was found unresponsive in his cell on Tuesday, according to Joseph Terra, superintendent of SCI-Phoenix. Prison staff and medical personnel immediately responded and provided ...

When the Illinois Department of Corrections shut down the century-old Stateville Correctional Center in September, officials ...

There was no one inside the cell, which is uninhabitable until repairs are completed. The fire was detected by the alarm system and correctional officers at the medium-security, men’s prison ...