Prisoner Treatment

The Snake River Correctional Institution in Ontario is getting national attention. With the help of Nalini Nadkarni, a forest ecologist, they developed the Blue Room --- being hailed by TIME magazine as one of the 25 best inventions of 2014.

Last week, a corrections officer was attacked by an inmate at the Robertson Prison Unit.

In an in-depth piece published today, LA Weekly goes inside “K6G,” the gay wing of Men’s Central Jail in Los Angeles and looks at what life is like for its 400 inmates.

This informative video instructs newly incarcerated inmates in what is expected of them in the Madera County Jail during their time behind bars.

Cuffed inmate slammed into courtroom wall prompts suit

In Lima, Peru 2008 performing some levitating magic for hundreds of prisoners.

Documentary chronicling America's justice system. Follows two female inmates - victims of horrific violence and tragedy - who are serving time in a Maryland juvenile detention center.

An uncooperative inmate gets put in the restraining chair.

A state prison inmate is asking a federal judge--- to let him "keep" getting conjugal visits.

Inmates in Massachusetts help out the Salvation Army during the holidays.

Derrick Jamison spent 17 years on death row in Ohio for a crime he did not commit.

A corrections officer in Raleigh, N.C. charged with causing an inmate’s death said in court he felt the prisoner was a threat and needed to be subdued.

A look at how the Red Cross tackles prison health issues in Ireland.

Charles Brazelton has been a correctional sergeant at Cook County Department of Corrections for 19 years. He's in charge of Division 2 Dorm 4, which houses 684 minimum classification inmates. Brazelton received the Sheriff's Humanitarian of the Year Award in 2011.

Participants in Princeton's Prison Teaching Initiative talk about why they got involved.