Combining behavioral and nicotine replacement therapies can help people in prison quit smoking, a new study shows.

COVID-19 cases among incarcerated people increased by 8.3% per day, compared to 3.4% in the general population, report researchers.

About half of incarcerated women in the United States are mothers to children under age 18. Natural spaces within a prison can help maintain their mother-child bonds.

State policies that help formerly incarcerated people find work don't always make it easy for dads to provide child support, new research shows.

The longstanding racial divide in state prisons, while still significant, has shrunk, according to a new report.

Prisons in the 18th and 19th centuries were hit hard by pandemics – with some drastic measures to stem the spread.

"A prison in a pandemic becomes akin to a cruise ship—people are crowded into a shared space that they cannot leave." Here are prisons' COVID-19 options.

Race and class bias on the part of prosecutors may not be the primary driver of the disparities in prison populations, researchers report.

Children and teens in the youth justice system have a higher prevalence of mental health disorders and suicidal behaviors than their peers, researchers say.