Prisons
The Daring Rescue Mission That Freed 15 Hostages Held in the Colombian Jungle for Years
A new exhibition at the International Spy Museum revisits Operación Jaque, a covert 2008 plot led by the Colombian military
An Evocative Mural on Rikers Island Will Be Moved to the Brooklyn Museum
Faith Ringgold's "For the Women’s House," which sought to inspire female inmates, will be relocated ahead of the jail complex's impending closure
What Happened to the Homes and Businesses Owned by Japanese Americans After Their Incarceration
75,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry and 45,000 Japanese nationals were relocated to prison camps during WWII, leaving their properties behind
Who Were the Scottsboro Nine?
The young black men served a combined total of 130 years for a crime they never committed
Rare Birmingham Jail Logbook Pages Signed by MLK Resurface After Decades
Two sheets of paper from the Alabama prison where the activist penned a famous 1963 letter sold at auction for more than $130,000
100 Years of Women at the Ballot Box
Radical Protests Propelled the Suffrage Movement. Here's How a New Museum Captures That History
Located on the site of a former prison, the Lucy Burns Museum shines a light on the horrific treatment endured by the jailed suffragists
Are There Native Descendants of the Lewis and Clark Expedition? And More Questions From Our Readers
You've got questions. We've got experts
Alcatraz's Captivating Hold on History
Fifty years after Native American activists occupied the island, take a look back at the old prison in San Francisco Bay
Prison Book Bans Are ‘Arbitrary and Irrational,’ Report Finds
PEN America's report coincided with the annual Banned Books Week
Five of the Most Fascinating Prison Museums in America
From Alcatraz to Cell Block 7, these jails now hold tours instead of prisoners
Long-Forgotten Monument to Prison Reformer Will Be Reinstalled in New York Courthouse
Rebecca Salome Foster was known as the "Tombs Angel" in recognition of her work with inmates housed at a Manhattan prison known as "The Tombs"
London's National Gallery Lends a $4.5 Million Masterpiece to a Women’s Prison
It was the latest stop in an unconventional tour that has brought the Artemisia Gentileschi painting to a school, a library and a doctor’s office
Here's What Al Capone’s Philadelphia Prison Cell Really Looked Like
The mob boss spent nine months imprisoned at Eastern State Penitentiary, and a new exhibition shows his stay was less glamorous than it was portrayed
Radar Scans Reveal Traces of 19th-Century Fort Beneath Alcatraz
Before Capone took up residence, the island was home to military installation that guarded San Francisco Bay
Nearly Half of Americans Have a Close Family Member Who Has Been Incarcerated
A new study highlights the sheer scope of mass incarceration in the United States
More Than 250 Journalists Are Languishing in Prisons Around the World, Report Says
The Committee to Protect Journalists documents the worrying trend it characterizes as the "new normal"
Remains of 95 African-American Forced Laborers Found in Texas
The deceased are believed to have been among thousands of black prisoners who were put to work as part of a post-Civil War “convict-leasing system"
The Army's First Black Nurses Were Relegated to Caring for Nazi Prisoners of War
Prohibited from treating white GIs, the women felt betrayed by the country they sought to serve
The Triple Homicide in D.C. That Laid the Groundwork for Americans' Right to Remain Silent
Decades before the Supreme Court's Miranda decision, a 1919 murder trial presented a precedent for protecting criminal suspects from police overreach
When the Unabomber Was Arrested, One of the Longest Manhunts in FBI History Was Finally Over
Twenty years ago, the courts gave Theodore Kaczynski four life sentences, thereby ending more than a decade of terror.
