Explore the full history of prison systems, from ancient punishment methods to today’s complex correctional institutions.

Corrections is not only about punishment or security. It is where everything we fail to fix upstream finally shows up.

Today’s prisons often resemble medieval “oubliettes”, in which offenders are locked up to punish them for their actions and to protect society. Research shows this approach can worsen, rather than ...

Justice chiefs are facing calls to adopt a more “humane approach” after it emerged that inmates with intellectual and learning disabilities have faced harsh prison punishments almost 200 times in just ...