Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a consultant on white-collar crime and former convicted felon. Prison is difficult but when an inmate is far from home it is ...

Michael Irby arrived at the Jefferson City Correctional Center 14 years ago, facing a sentence of life in prison. He had a few choices about what to do with the rest of his life, and he applied to ...

Lancaster Correctional Institution inmate Timothy Branham taps on his bricks to level them better so he can get started on the next row of bricks during the 5th Annual Masonry Competition held at the ...

Detention center staff in Rutherford County, North Carolina, found an inmate unresponsive in his cell, officials say.(Video above: WYFF News 4 Morning Headlines)On Tuesday, Rutherford County Detention ...

A Louisiana inmate who authorities began searching for after receiving a public tip was recaptured on Friday, according to local officials. It comes as the search intensifies for five inmates who ...

Prisoners are fighting forest fires as part of a decades-old state-run program. Matthew Tice, an inmate from Warner Creek Correctional Facility, takes a break as he and other inmates who are all ...