A sheriff makes inmates wear striped uniforms after orange jumpsuits became chic.

The Bard Prison Initiative offers higher education to inmates.

President Obama plans to launch an initiative to help young minority men stay in school and out of criminal justice system.

This week the FCC adopted new phone rates for people in prison, jail or detention centers.

Prison costs don't just fall on the taxpayer.

At last count, the nation was spending $6.5 billion a year treating mental illness, substance abuse and chronic conditions in prisons.

A new exposé in The Huffington Post describes startling allegations of abuse and neglect at for-profit juvenile prisons.

Attorney General Eric Holder seeks to scale back the use of mandatory minimum prison sentences for certain drug-related crimes.

The Department of Defense wants to spend nearly $200 million to upgrade facilities at Guantanamo Bay. President Obama wants to shut it down for good. We take a look at the numbers behind the planet's most expensive prison.