Mandatory minimum sentences in the United States have failed to reduce crime and have instead driven mass incarceration, ...

This is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. I'm Michel Martin. Later in the program, we'll talk about elections set for Zimbabwe, where 89-year-old President Robert Mugabe is hoping to win yet another term ...

A new study from the Academy of Sciences looks at the three decades of growth in the US incarceration rate. We also explore research that digs into how many innocent people might be on death row ...

A committee of the National Research Council examined the best available evidence and found no clear evidence that greater reliance on imprisonment achieved its intended goal of substantially reducing ...

For many, the struggle doesn't end at release—rebuilding a life on the outside can be overwhelming.

South Dakota has a higher rate of female incarceration than any other U.S. state, according to a new report. The state's female incarceration rate is higher than other states and many other countries.